One beggar comes to the master and asks for a piece of bread. The master tells the cook to pour a bowl of soup and give it to the beggar, let him eat. The beggar ate a whole large bowl of soup.
Barin asks:
- Maybe you want more? The beggar responds:
- Thank you, master, I'm full.
The master orders to give the beggar a large piece of roast. The beggar also ate the meat.
Barin asks:
- Maybe you should eat some more?
The beggar replies:
- Do what you want, master, but you can’t bear it anymore!
The master pours a full plate of sweets and gives them to the beggar. He ate it.
The master hit him on the ear and said:
- Why did you lie to me - he says he’s full, but he eats it himself, just bring it to him!
There was a box in the yard. The beggar piled stones on him to the top and asked:
- Well, master, is the box full?
The master answers, it’s full. The beggar pours sand there and asks:
- Is it full now?
Barin answers:
“Tea, and you can see for yourself that it’s full.”
Then the beggar takes a whole bucket of water and pours it into the box, and then - bam! hit the master in the ear and says:
- Get some change! You couldn’t tell when the box was full, just like I couldn’t tell when I was full!
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru