A man made friends with demons. They tell him: “Do you want to see how we do nasty things to people?” Tom became curious and agreed. The demons picked him up and flew away. We first arrived for a wedding. There they will knock over a plate, there they will trip you up, in another place they will cause a quarrel or raise a scandal. - "Understood?" – The demons ask their friend. He nods his head, he understands, they say. - “Let's fly further!” - the demons shouted. They picked up the man again and flew to the funeral. Either they will dust your eyes with dust, or they will provoke laughter, or they will encourage you to chatter, or you will incite gossip about the deceased. “That’s also understandable,” the man tells them. The demons picked him up again and flew with him further. The man from above sees a small house, there is an open window in it, and in the window you can see a room, and it was so cozy in it that the man could not resist and suggested to the demons: “Let’s do some dirty tricks here too!” - “We can’t appear here!” - The demons answer. - "Why?" - he asks. “Because a believing family lives in this house, we are afraid of them!” We’d better fly to another place!” - The demons screamed. - “Well, now I understand everything! - The man exclaimed. “Now you will never deceive me!” As soon as he said it, he flew down. He fell under the window of the house and moaned. In the house, a husband and wife heard that a man was groaning under their window, they ran out into the street, picked him up and asked: “What happened? How can I help you? How are you feeling? - "Everything is fine! - The man answers. “I fell because I’m learning to run!” I’m running away from bad deeds...” Source: Simeon of Athos Ascent to Heaven
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru