Once two lovers were sitting by the lake, and suddenly two little birds were singing loudly above them. The boy and the girl listened quietly.
The sounds of these two birds are amazing!The girl said.
Your voice is better than any thrush. The young man replied.
You're talking starlings, right?”
Starlings, of course, if you prefer to call them that," said the lad.
Could anyone in his position say anything else?
No, no," said the girl hurriedly, "since you say it's a thrush, let it be a thrush." ”
Then they looked at each other, and forgot about the thrush, the starling, and everything in the world.
Soon the lovers got married, and they loved each other, lived in harmony, and lived happily ever after.
A full year has passed since the day of the wedding. To commemorate this day, the wife decided to bake a large pie. While the wife bakes the pie, the husband runs out to have another glass of wine. As soon as he reached the tavern, he was confronted by an old man who was covered with small cages full of colorful birds, which were jumping up and down on thin sticks.
"Just," the husband thought, "I will buy my wife a gift so that she may be happy." ”
So he shouted:
Hey, bird seller, how much is a pair of birds in a cage?”
In fact, this pair of birds is worth four copper coins. But the bird seller opened his mouth to ask for the price:
Six copper coins, sir. "He's a shrewd seller.
Two copper coins. The husband counter-offered.
He's a bad buyer. In the end, they sold for four copper coins.
Take it, sir, and these two little birds will bring blessings to your house. As he spoke, the bird seller handed the cage to her husband.
The husband carried the birdcage, drank a glass of wine at the tavern, and headed home.
Thrushes. By this time the wife had cleaned up the house and put on the most beautiful clothes. The big pie is also ready.
As soon as she put the big pie on the table, her husband pushed the door open, and before he could enter the house, he shouted at the door
Look, wife, what kind of gift I've brought you. A very nice pair of thrushes, isn't it?”
It is very beautiful," said the delighted wife, "but they are not thrushes, but starlings." ”
No, it's a thrush!The husband argued.
No, it's starlings!The wife did not give in.
Thrushes. "The husband is stubborn.
Starling!Starling!Starling!The wife was so anxious that she stomped her feet and shouted.
Well, since you say it's a starling, I'll take it to the market and sell it!The husband got impatient, and he cried out.
The wife clutched the birdcage and said
Starlings are not yours, they are mine!You gave it to me. ”
But I'm giving you a thrush," said my husband, reaching back for the cage.
At this time, the birdcage crackled, and then it fell apart. Two birds swooped out of the window and disappeared in the blink of an eye. The wife burst into tears. She cried and shouted
Why did you let my starlings go!”
If it weren't for you, the thrush wouldn't have flown away!The husband shouted too.
It was almost in the evening that their quarrel subsided, and the first anniversary of their marriage ended.
And for the other three hundred and sixty-four days of the year, they were both in harmony and love
Starling!A year has passed in a blink of an eye, and the second wedding anniversary has arrived.
This time, the husband bought a bouquet of flowers as a gift for his wife. The wife inserted the flower into the water, kissed her husband, and then they were at the dining table, on which the wife's specially prepared meal was arranged.
The wife smiled and said, "A year ago, we had a big quarrel over a small sesame thing, over a pair of starlings. Do you remember?”
A foolish quarrel," replied the husband, "but, my dear, they are not starlings after all, but thrushes." ”
It's a starling!The wife said.
It's a thrush!The husband said.
No, it's starlings!The wife said.
No, it's a thrush!The husband said. It all started all over again.
This has become a habit for both of them: they can forgive and get along with each other for a whole year, but when it comes to their wedding anniversary, they will always quarrel.
Time flies in the story. Many wrinkles appeared around the wife's eyes, and the husband's temples began to turn gray.
On the twentieth anniversary of their marriage, the wife said to her husband:
I'm not baking pies today. The weather is so nice, let's go for a walk. ”
They came out of the house and wandered around. They walked, walked, and before they knew it, they had come to the lake where they had come twenty years earlier, to the place where they had sit.
Shall we take a break?The husband asked.
Take a break. The wife replied.
They sat under the big tree. Suddenly two little birds sang above them. It's likely that they weren't the same two birds they were back then, but what a coincidence they were.
Do you remember," said his wife, "it was here that you and I heard two starlings singing before we were married. ”
Am I going to forget these two amazing thrushes!The husband replied.
They both looked at each other and laughed. It turns out that it is not so difficult for a wife to let her husband, and a husband to let his wife.
Since that time they have never quarreled again, not even on their wedding anniversary.
Translated by WLH.