Аннотация: MMMDCLVI. Monument (an unmilked cow). A story (from the Eastern classics). - May 5, 2025.
Monument (an unmilked cow). A story (from the Eastern classics).
In a village located on the bank of a river, there lived a cow.
One day, the cow was eating grass next to a monument. A stranger came, looked at the cow and asked where her owners were.
A woman who usually milked the cow and her brother came out.
The stranger offered to buy the cow. He gave a huge amount of money for the cow: 3000 (three thousand) coins. The woman's brother took the money, happy with the successful deal.
At the last moment, before the stranger took the cow away, the woman's brother asked: "Why, dear sir, did you buy the cow?"
"I want to slaughter her!"
"Slaughter the cow?!" - the woman's brother was surprised.
"Yes!"
"No, I do not agree!" - The woman's brother took the rope wrapped around the cow's neck and returned the money - he put it in the stranger's pocket.
The stranger became agitated.
"I'll give three thousand two hundred for the cow!"
"No!"
"Three thousand four hundred!"
"No!"
"Three thousand five hundred!"
The brother looked at the bare feet of the woman, his sister (his sister was without shoes). Then he looked at the cow.
"No! The cow is not for sale!"
The cow continued to eat the grass growing around the monument.
At that time, people arrived and took the monument away.
The cow continued to eat the grass.
A boy who lived in the same village came. Usually he was treated to milk, which this cow gave.
This time no one treated the boy to milk. The cow was walking around the place where the monument used to stand.
The disappointed boy went home without drinking the milk.
The cow felt herself uncomfortable (because she was not milked) and began to moo.
April 05, 2025 11:21
Translation from Russian into English: May 5, 2025 12:04
Владимир Владимирович Залесский ' Памятник (недоенная корова). Рассказ (из восточной классики). '.
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