There lived three stupid people.
One day they were threshing grain together. When evening came, the three fools filled a bag with straw, lay down on it and also piled straw on top of themselves. If a robber comes, he won’t see them, but they will see anyone who gets close to the grain. And so it happened. A thief came at night. Stupid people think:
It's good that we hid. He will never find us. And they lie hidden.
The thief looked around - the watchman was nowhere to be found. Then he took a pitchfork and began to stir up the straw. Maybe, he thinks, someone is hiding here?
He thrust the pitchforks deeper and felt that they were stuck in something.
And this was a bag of straw. One fool saw a pitchfork near his head and said loudly:
- Well, I’m lucky! After all, he could have hurt me! The thief heard the voice and stabbed the fool with a pitchfork. Then the second fool said:
“A tongue that cannot be silent is what destroyed my comrade.”
The thief heard and stabbed him to death. Then the third fool said:
“If only both of my comrades lay as quietly as I do, they would be saved from death.”
But the thief heard and finished him off too.
So all three died.
And only because of his stupidity and cowardice.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru