One eastern ruler had a dream that all his teeth fell out one after another. Frightened, he summoned the court interpreter of dreams. He listened to him and said:
- Master! The dream suggests that you will soon lose all your loved ones.
The ruler was angry and ordered the unfortunate man to be thrown into prison. Then he called for another interpreter. He, having listened to the dream, thought a little and said:
- My lord! The dream suggests that you will outlive all your relatives.
The ruler was incredibly happy and generously rewarded the dream interpreter for this good prediction. The courtiers were very surprised.
“After all, you told him the same thing as your poor predecessor, so why was he severely punished and you rewarded?” - they asked.
To which came the answer:
“We both interpreted the dream in the same way.” But everything depends not on what to say, but on how to say it.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru