One day Mulla Nasreddin dreamed that he was in heaven. Beauty all around! A quiet valley, birds singing, the sun rising - and he is alone and under a tree. True, he soon began to feel hungry, and there was no one around! Paradise loneliness! Nobody bothers you! However, he soon got tired of all this, and he shouted:
- Hey! Dear! Is there anyone here?!
And a very handsome man appeared to him and said to him:
- At your service, may I be a sacrifice for you! Whatever you order, I will do it!
Nasreddin first asked for food, and instantly everything came true. And whatever he asked, everything was instantly fulfilled and in fact! He already ate, got drunk, and slept! Well, what else would he need? He asked for a beautiful woman, and instantly they brought him a guria - a heavenly maiden. A bed with a swan feather bed - and that was his bed!
And this went on for several days. But for a long time it’s very good - it’s no longer good! And everything was too good, and there was too much of everything. He couldn't stand it for long. He began to wish for some kind of misfortune, since everything was too wonderful. He wanted some kind of tension, work, because in his entire life he had never been without tension, without something that made people worry and be sad. Everything was just unbearably blissful!
Then he called the One who fulfills wishes and said to him:
- No! Enough! This is too much! I would like some work. You know, I’m terribly tired of sitting like this - empty-handed.
And the One who fulfills everything said to him:
“I can do everything except this: no work is possible here.” I am ready to give everything your soul desires. And why do you need a job?
Mulla said:
- I'm tired of it! Understand?! Tired of it! It’s better to go to hell if there is no work here!
The one who does everything laughed until he was exhausted and finally said:
- Where do you think you are?
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru