One day a rich old man was returning home from a neighboring village. On the way, a young highlander caught up with him and they went together: it turned out that they needed to go to the same village.
When the travelers passed by meadows, where there was plenty of soft and dry grass, the young mountaineer said:
- Come on, father, let's update the mattresses.
- What kind of mattresses can there be in the meadows? - the old man was surprised. After some time, the road turned into the forest, and then the young mountain man suggested:
- Let's saddle the horses, father.
- Don’t talk nonsense, where do you see horses in the forest? — the old man got angry and quickened his pace.
So they walked in silence until the young mountaineer said:
- Old man! Let's carry each other. It will be more fun and the road will seem shorter.
- What kind of nonsense are you talking, fool! - the old man shouted and thought: “This man is obviously out of his mind, you need to be careful with him.”
At dusk they reached the village where the old man lived.
“If you don’t have kunaks, you can spend the night in my hayloft,” the old man suggested, hoping for a refusal. After all, no one will go to visit an unfriendly person. But the young mountaineer agreed and went to the hayloft.
Having gotten rid of the guest, the old man entered the house. His beautiful daughter rushed towards him and began asking about his health, business, kunaks and the road.
“Everything was fine, my daughter, but on the way back, Allah sent me some annoying madman as my companion.” Well, he's stupid! - her father answered.
The girl became interested and asked to tell me more. The old man didn’t want to talk about it, but how could he refuse his only daughter!
-Where is this man now? - asked the beauty.
“He’s probably already snoring.” “I took pity on him and sent him to our hayloft,” the old man grumbled.
At night, when the father fell asleep, the daughter sent a worker to take the guest churek and a bowl of soup with meat. On the way, the worker broke off a piece of churek and stole half of the meat.
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the moon has long since waned and there are fewer stars, to put it simply. strong guest.
The worker handed everything over to the girl. She immediately woke up her father and ordered him to bring the guest into the house. The old man grumbled, but did not want to disobey his daughter.
As soon as the father and the guest entered the house, the beauty immediately demanded to call the mullah for betrothal.
- Wow, my crazy daughter! - the father began to wail, clutching his head. “Do what you want, but just don’t disgrace me and forget this fool!”
“You turned out to be a fool because you didn’t heed the wise advice of your fellow traveler.”
“He suggested that you change the grass in the charyks to fresh ones and cut down the staves in the forest, but you refused. You also did not agree that you would amuse each other with travel stories. If you followed his advice, you wouldn't be so tired. Well, now send this gluttonous worker after the mullah.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru