One person could not find a job for a long time. And finally I found it with a rich woman. She had a lot of work, she paid very little money, and did not give anything to eat. When a man began to complain, the stingy woman asked: wasn’t he the one who asked her for work, wasn’t he the one who offered his services? The poor man worked day and night, worked so hard that he did not even have time to go buy himself something to eat. The man soon died from hunger and hard work. And the cruel mistress ordered his corpse to be thrown away.
Some traveler saw a body abandoned in the middle of the road and took pity on the poor man. Was there really no one to bury him? Where is he from?
The traveler bent over the unconscious body and saw that a small wallet was sticking out of his pocket. He opened it and suddenly saw money!
The earth is full of rumors. The owner found out about this wallet and demanded half of the money, saying that the slave belonged to her. But the traveler reproached the woman for her inhumanity:
“Why did you throw away his body?” He must have been very disgusting to you. And since he is disgusting, that means you should be disgusted with his money.
And he kept the wallet for himself.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru