One day a man was walking across a field. Looks like a hole, and Happiness sits in it. “Tell me what you want - I’ll do it!” - it says. "I want a lot of money!" - he answers. Happiness handed him a bag of gold coins, and the man, throwing it on his shoulders, dragged him home.
The second man is coming. Happiness to him: “What do you want? I will fulfill any desire!” - “I want a wife, a beauty!” Lo and behold, there’s a girl of great beauty next to her. And the man ran after her headlong.
The third is walking across the field. Happiness again: “What do you want?” And he responded: “What do you want?” - “Yes, I wish I could get out of the hole.” The man threw a longer stick into the hole and went his way. And Happiness got out of the hole and ran after...
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru