One father had six sons. Five are stupid, and the sixth is a fool. Father couldn't be happier with them. Then one day my father says: “Go into the city, buy what you like.”
The brothers went to the city. We went into the shop. They started buying. Five brothers bought guns without a barrel, and the sixth - without a muzzle. We hung the guns on our shoulders and went back.
Suddenly, out of nowhere, six hares run towards them. Five hares have ears on the top of their heads, and the sixth has them upright. Seeing the brothers, five hares ran away, and the sixth took off running.
The brothers instantly raised their guns and took aim. Five closed their eyes, and the sixth closed his eyes. They all fired out as one, only five missed, and the sixth missed.
Then the brothers rushed after the hares. Five were captured and the sixth was caught. So much luck!
We came home. We decided to boil hares in a thimble. Five hares do not fit in a thimble, and the sixth does not fit.
Father said:
– Go to your neighbors and ask for six pots so you can cook all the birds at once.
The brothers went to the neighbors. Five neighbors were stingy, and the sixth was greedy. The neighbors gave, whatever they care about, five pots with holes, and one without a bottom.
The brothers brought the pots home and set the hares to cook. They forgot to light a fire under five pans, and they didn’t light one under the sixth.
The hares were cooking and cooking. Five were not cooked, and the sixth remained raw.
They began to eat hares. Five brothers cannot chew, and the sixth cannot even bite off.
Father's brothers began to treat him. The father ate five birds with one stone and choked on the sixth.
The brothers brought six doctors. Five doctors are ignorant, and the sixth knows nothing at all. They examined my father's doctor and argued. Five said he was unwell, and the sixth said he was ill.
And how did it end? It is unknown yet. The doctors are still arguing. Once they come to an agreement, then we can continue to talk.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru