The mullah came to the hall to give a sermon. The hall was empty except for a young groom in the front row.
The mullah thought: “Should I preach a sermon or not?” And I decided to ask the groom about it:
- There is no one here except you. What do you think, should I speak or not?
The groom replied:
- Sir, I am a dark person and I understand little. But when I see that there is only one horse in the stable, I still give it something to eat.
The mullah, taking these words to heart, began his sermon. He spoke for more than two hours, and when he finished, he felt that he had made a wonderful speech. Hoping for praise, he asked his only listener:
— How did you like my sermon? The groom replied:
- Master! When I feed one horse, I don't try to feed it all the feed for the herd!
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru