Once upon a time, two orphans lived in the same village - a boy and a girl. One day they were very hungry, but they had nothing to eat.
The girl went to look for food. She was walking and saw an old woman who was struggling to carry a jug of water. The girl ran up to her and said:
- Mother, let me help you!
“Okay,” said the old woman.
She and the girl took turns carrying a jug of water and carried it home. The old woman thanked the girl for her help and gave her a pot for it.
“This pot is not simple,” she said. “If you put it on the dastarkhon and say: “Pot, cook some porridge!” - He will immediately, without rice, carrots and lard, cook you as much porridge as you want. And when you say: “Thank you, potty, that’s enough!” - he will stop cooking.
The girl was delighted with the pot, took it and ran home. Now brother and sister were always full. As soon as they get hungry, they place the pot on the dastarkhon and say:
- Pot, cook some porridge! — Right there the pot cooks porridge for them. One day the girl went into the field. The boy got hungry and, without waiting for his sister,
put the pot on the dastarkhon and said:
- Pot, cook some porridge!
When the pot was filled with porridge, you had to say: “Thank you, pot, that’s enough!”, but the boy forgot the words that needed to be said.
- No need, now don’t cook! - he shouted, but the pot continued to cook the porridge continuously.
Finally, the pot overflowed, the porridge flowed over the edge, flooding the entire dastarkhon. Now the whole room was in porridge, the porridge filled their entire yard and flowed down the street. The people on the street were amazed at such a miracle, but did not know what to do.
At this time the girl returned and saw that porridge was flowing everywhere. She guessed what was going on and shouted loudly from the street:
- Thank you, potty, that’s enough!
The pot immediately stopped cooking the porridge. The girl, stuck in the porridge, walked towards the house. The boy sat in a niche and cried.
After that, my little brother never took the potty again without his sister’s permission.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru