One day the padishah and the vizier were sitting and eating dates.
The vizier was upset about something, his gaze wandered around, and he did not notice anything. The padishah decided to play a joke on him. He collected all the date stones and placed them in front of the vizier.
When the dates were eaten, the padishah said:
“I didn’t know, my vizier, that you were such a glutton!” Look how many dates you ate.
The vizier smiled and replied:
- So you ate your dates straight with the pits? I'll order you to call a doctor now!
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru