A man and a dog were walking along a long, wild, tiring road.
He walked along, tired, and the dog was tired too.
Suddenly in front of him is an oasis! Openwork gates, behind the fence - a palace, music, flowers, the murmur of a stream...
- What is this? - the traveler asked the gatekeeper.
- This is heaven, you have already died and now you can go in and truly relax.
- Is there water there?
— As many as you like: clean fountains, cool pools, springs, wells...
- Will they give you food?
- Whatever you want.
- But I have a dog with me.
- Dogs are not allowed. She will have to be left here. Don't even try to persuade me.
And the traveler passed by.
After some time, the road led him to a farm, at the gate of which the gatekeeper also sat.
“I’m thirsty,” the traveler asked.
- Come in, there is a well in the yard.
- And my dog?
— Near the well you will see a drinking bowl for her.
- What about food?
— I can treat you to dinner.
- And the dog?
- There will be a bone.
-What kind of place is this?
- This is paradise.
“But the gatekeeper at the rich gates of the oasis-palace said that paradise is there.”
- He's lying. It's hell there. Only those who do not abandon their friends reach heaven.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru