Once upon a time there were two brothers: one poor, the other rich. One day a rich brother came to a poor man and said:
- Come work with me. Once you work a day from sun to sun, you will receive a bag of bread.
“Okay,” agreed the poor brother. I worked all day from dawn to dusk and came to receive my pay.
“The day,” he says, “is over.” Pay.
“No, the day is not over yet,” answered the rich man. “The sun has a younger brother, do you see how it shines in the sky?” When the month comes, come.
The poor brother worked all night. Before the sun rose, he came home, took a bag with the bottom ripped open, and placed a second bag underneath it. He comes to his rich brother.
“Wait a minute... It seems like you have two bags?” asked the rich brother.
“If the sun has a younger brother, then why shouldn’t the bag have a younger brother?” answered the poor man.
There is nothing to do. The rich man had to give two bags of grain - his poor brother outwitted him.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru