Tale 1
DANCING PLOWMAN
Once padishah went out for a walk with his servants. Moving along a field he saw a ploughman, who ploughed this field in a strange way: he plowed from one side to another, stopped and than began to dance. He plowed backside and again began to dance. And that repeated every time when he plowed from one side of the field to another.
With great surprise padishah came nearer and asked plowman:
- Let you straight grow, plowman!
- Long life and happy powertime for you, padishah!
- Answer me, what made you so happy?
- Great padishah, I have got a wife. I love her so much, that my heart is full of happiness every time when I think about her and I want to dance and sing.
- Can I see her? - asked padishah.
- Of course.
And they went to the plowman's home. At home plowman's wife, beautiful young woman, helped his husband to get off streetclothes, brought water and helped him to wash his hands.
Padishah liked this woman and in the evening he proposed to the plowman:
- I have got tree wives, and I want to make change with you. Are you agree?
- Why not? Why not to change one wife on three.
At the first night after change with Padishah wise plowman came to the older wife and asked:
- Answer me, why Padishah changed three wives into one?
- My lord. Nothing can be hidden from your eyes. May be, he made this change because I am a thief and I steal everything I see at home.
- Dear wife, here are the keys from everything at home. Now they are yours. You can burn, sale or present everything at home you like.
After this words she stopped to steal.
Next night he came to another wife and repeated the question.
- My lord. Nothing can be hidden from your eyes. May be, he made this change because I like the men.
- Dear wife, here is the key from outer door. You can invite everybody at home you like. After this words woman put to shame and stopped that shame actions.
In the third night he came to the last woman and repeated question.
- My lord. Nothing can be hidden from your eyes. May be, he made this change because I am very garrulous.
- Sorry, but this defect is uncorrectable.
He took out his knife and killed his third wife.
A year has passed. The padishah moved through the field. And he saw the plowman who plowed and danced at the middle of the field and at the sides of it.
- Why are your so glad? I know what kind of wives I have given to you.
- Everything changes in this world. And wise man can do it. - Answered plowman.
And he told him a story of his wives and that two of them were corrected but third he had to kill. Surprised by his wise action padishah made him a vizier.
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