In one remote Tuscan town, a visiting stranger somehow showed up. In order to give more weight to his person and attract attention, he began to tell tall tales about his hometown. There were so many miracles there! And, of course, it could not be compared with the local grayness and wilderness.
A small crowd gathered around the talkative guest. Soon, a smart townsman, respected by everyone in the area, approached the crowd. After listening to the visiting narrator for a while, he politely interrupted him and said:
“If you really were born in those distant places, then everything you told us about is the absolute truth and it’s a sin to argue here.”
The stranger, very flattered by such words, picturesquely put his hands on his hips and looked around the listeners with a proud look: know, they say, ours!
And the sensible townsman continued:
“That your city, my dear, is full of strange wonders, we have seen this with our own eyes.” After all, in these parts we have never seen such a freak as you.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru