One day, while digging up a garden, a peasant saw a large tarantula jump out from under a clod of earth.
- What a nasty spider! - the peasant exclaimed and jumped aside in surprise.
- Just touch me and I’ll bite you! — the tarantula hissed threateningly and moved its jaws. - Know, ignoramus, that my bite is fatal, and you will die, writhing in terrible agony. Don't come near, or things will get worse!
The peasant, however, realized that he was clearly lying, inflating his worth, since he talked so much. He took a step back, and then forcefully crushed the loquacious spider with his bare foot, saying:
- In words you are scary, but what are you really like? Let's see if you can send me to my forefathers!
At the last moment, the tarantula managed to contrive and bit the foot raised above it. Either the peasant was so sure that the spider’s threats were an empty boast, or the skin on his legs had completely hardened, but apart from a slight prick, he felt nothing.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru