There lived one man and everything he undertook brought him luck and huge profits. Over time, he became a millionaire. The people he patted on the shoulder had a strange, evil gleam in their eyes and they were ready to immediately do anything just to get more money. These people became like robots. This man surrounded himself with a loyal, highly paid security guard who idolized him. His mother repeatedly told him: “Son, people called you “Almighty.” This is not good! “But it’s true, I can do anything and buy everyone!” – the son chuckled. One day he got married and after the wedding night he said to his young wife: “Today I did my job! Tomorrow you must give birth to me a son, an assistant in my affairs!” The young wife replied: “But people say that “You can’t argue against Nature!” "Tomorrow!" - said the husband, leaving, and patted her on the shoulder in a friendly manner. On the same day, my husband left for another city on business. The next day he was informed that he had a boy and was growing by leaps and bounds.
One day, when the son grew up, he and his father spent the night by a fire in a deep forest after a successful hunt. The guards faithfully guarded the owner and his son, being in a dark forest, not far from the fire. "Father! I only need ten million, give it to me!” For the father, these were mere pennies, but for some reason he balked and did not want to give them to his son. “But when you die,” the son continued, “all your wealth will still go to me!” “You first survive me!” – the father grinned, patting him on the shoulder, but noticing a sparkle that was so familiar to him in his son’s eyes, he reached for the rifle. Security came running to hear the shot.
The chief of security, turning pale, looked at his dead master. "Accident! “The father wanted to unload the pistol,” the son pointed to the pistol lying near his father and patted the head of security on the shoulder. He looked obsequiously at his new master. Some guards later shared with their wives a secret that they heard some kind of ominous laughter, and some creature flashed over the fire at that time, and it had horns: “Yes, it was an owl!” - their wives answered them.
Everything went well for the young owner; all his business brought him great profits. He noticed that all the people he patted on the shoulder had a bad gleam in their eyes, and they were ready to do anything for money...
He got married, and in the morning he told his wife, patting her on the shoulder: “Today I did my job, and tomorrow you do yours - give me a son!” and went on business to another city. The son was born, to the joy of the father and the amazement of everyone. True, it was rumored that someone heard an ominous laugh on the morning when the child was born. Well, you never know how many eagle owls fly.
Can't you hear the owl's laughter?
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru