The Khoja bought three pieces of meat in the morning and, taking it home, went about his business. And the wife called her friends and gave them a wonderful treat. When the Khoja returned, she served him bulgur pilaf - on the water.
Khoja said:
— If you didn’t have time, let’s say, to prepare a meat dish, couldn’t you throw a few fatty pieces into the bulgur to add flavor?
To this the wife replied:
- I wanted to, but then a story came out. When I was busy, your favorite tabby cat jumped out from somewhere and ate all the meat. I came, I looked - she was licking her lips.
Khoja ran and brought scales. He pulled the cat out from under the grill and weighed it; exactly three oka came out. Then he said to his wife:
- Oh, you shameless one! If this is a cat, where did the meat go? And if it’s meat, where’s the cat?
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru