| The clever poor man Оne day a man was riding along the riding along the road. In the afternoon he was tired and hungry, so he tied his horse to a tree and sat down to have his dinner. A rich man came to that place and begin to tie his horse to that place and began to tie his horse to the same tree.
“Do not tie your horse to that three, said “said poor man, “my horse is wild, It will kill your horse. Tie it to another tree!”
But the rich man answered, “I’ll tie my horse where I like!” So he tied up his horse and also sat down to eat his dinner. Soon they heard a greet noise. They ran up to the tree, but it was late the horse of the rich man was killed.
“Oh, my poor horse!” cried the rich man. “you must pay me for it,” he said to the poor man and brought him before a judge.
The judge asked the poor man : “is it true that our horse killed his horse?” The poor man said nothing. The judge asked the poor man many others questions, but the poor man did not answer. At last the judge cried: «What can I do? This man is dumb. He cannot speak!»
«Oh, » said the rich man, “he can speak! He spoke to me when I met him!”
“Are you sure?” asked the judge. “What did he say?”
“Yes, I am sure?” answered the rich man. “he told me not to tie my horse to the tree horse was, because his horse was wild”.
“Oh, ” said the judge, “now I see. The man told you that his horse was wild, so he shall not pay for your horse. ”Then he said to the poor man: “I asked you a lot of questions, but you did not answer them. Why?”
The poor man said: “I did not answer you because I knew that you would a rich man and not a poor man. Now the rich man told you everything and you know who is right”. Judge – судья
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