The parents chose the best teacher for their son. In the morning, the grandfather took his grandson to school. When the grandfather and grandson entered the yard, they were surrounded by children.
“What a funny old man,” one boy laughed.
“Hey, little fatty,” another made a face.
The children screamed and jumped around their grandfather and grandson. Then the teacher rang the bell, announcing the start of the lesson, and the children ran away.
The grandfather resolutely took his grandson by the hand and went out into the street.
“Hurray, I won’t go to school,” the boy was happy.
“You will go, but not to this one,” the grandfather answered angrily. “I’ll find you a school myself.”
The grandfather took his grandson to his house, entrusted him to the care of his grandmother, and he himself went to look for a better teacher.
When he saw a school, the grandfather would go into the yard and wait for the teacher to let the children go for a break. In some schools, children did not pay attention to the old man, in others they teased him. Grandfather silently turned and left. Finally he entered the tiny courtyard of a small school and tiredly
leaned against the fence. The bell rang and the children poured out into the yard.
- Grandfather, are you feeling bad, should I bring some water? - a voice was heard.
“We have a bench in our yard, please sit down,” one boy suggested.
- Do you want me to call the teacher? - asked another child.
Soon a young teacher came out into the yard.
Grandfather said hello and said:
— Finally, I found the best school for my grandson.
- You are mistaken, grandfather, our school is not the best. It's small and cramped.
The old man did not argue. He agreed on everything with the teacher and left.
In the evening the boy's mother asked his grandfather:
- Father, you are illiterate. Why do you think you have found the best teacher?
“They recognize teachers by their students,” answered the grandfather...
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru