The owner got a willow sprout from somewhere and planted it in his garden. It was a rare species of willow. The owner took care of the sprout and watered it himself every day. But the owner had to leave for a week. He called the servant and told him:
- Take good care of the sprout: water it every day, and most importantly, make sure that the neighbor’s children don’t pull it out and trample on it.
“Okay,” answered the servant, “let the owner not worry.” The owner left. A week later he returned and went to see the garden. The sprout was still there, but completely flaccid.
“You probably didn’t water it?” — the owner asked angrily. “No, I watered it, as you said.” “I watched him, didn’t take my eyes off him,” answered the servant. “In the morning I went out onto the balcony and looked at the sprout until the evening. And when it got dark, I would pull it out, take it into the house and lock it in a box.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru