Rumors reached the master that the threshers, while threshing on the barn and around the barn, were hanging around or sleeping. He decided to check it out and, while the workers were getting ready for threshing, he crawled stealthily under the canopy and hid in the straw. But one worker saw him and told the winemaker. It immediately occurred to him to teach the formidable master a good lesson. He whispered to one thresher to hide somewhere. Meanwhile, the current was prepared for threshing.
- Well, get to work! - the winemaker shouted to the workers. — Is everything in place, maybe someone is missing? ... Just like that, one thing is missing! And where did he go? Surely, the slacker has climbed somewhere and is sleeping. Hey Karlis, let's go look! This slacker is already gone on the first boarding! Well, just wait, I'll show him!
They went to look, at first, of course, in other places, and then under a canopy. Karlis was the first to come across a man in the darkness.
- Here he is, sleeping!
The winemaker began to hit the master on the back and said:
- Oh, you lazybones! Oh, you lazy fellow! You'll be lying under a canopy while others are working up a sweat! Finally the master could not stand it, screamed and identified himself.
- Oh, master! Who would have thought it was you? - the winemaker exclaimed in despair.
From that time on, the master no longer went to spy on the workers.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru