Author: Lev Tolstoy
Excerpt from: How People Get Bad
An old devil saw that life on earth was so happy, and he said to the little devils, "We have to disturb it, or the devil will not exist." ”
He first sent a little devil to disturb a farmer. For he saw that the farmer was working hard every day, but the income was pitiful, but the farmer was still so happy and very content.
The little devil began to wonder, how can we turn the farmer into bad? He hardened the farmer's field and wanted the farmer to retreat. The farmer dug for half a day, very hard, but after he rested for a while, he continued to dig without a complaint. The little devil saw that the plan had failed, so he had to touch his nose and go back.
The old devil sent a second little devil. The second little devil thought, since it is useless to make him more hard, then take what he has! The little devil stole the bread and water from the farmer's lunch. He thought that the farmer had worked so hard, tired and hungry, that the bread and water were gone, that the farmer would be furious.
The farmer, thirsty and hungry, came to rest under the tree, not realizing that the bread and water were gone.
"I wonder which poor man needs that loaf of bread and water more than I do?" If only these things could feed him. The farmer said. Failing again, the little devil abandoned his armor and fled.
The old devil wondered, is there no way to turn this farmer into bad? Just then, the third little devil came out. He said to the old devil, "I have a way to make him bad." ”
The little devil first went to befriend the farmer, and the farmer was happy to befriend him. Because the devil had the power to foresee, he told the farmer that there would be a drought next year, and asked the farmer to plant rice on the wetland, and the farmer did the same.
Sure enough, the next year there was no harvest, only the farmer's harvest was full, and he became rich because of it.
Every year the little devil tells the farmer what it is suitable to plant, and after three years, the farmer becomes very rich. He also asked the farmer to take the rice and sell it to brew wine, and earn more money. Slowly, the farmer began to stop working, and relied on trafficking to obtain a lot of money.
One day the old devil came, and the little devil told the old devil, "Look! I'm going to show my work now. The farmer now had pig blood on his body. ”
I saw that the farmer had a dinner party, and all the rich people came to attend, drinking the best wine, eating the most exquisite meals, and many servants served. They ate and drank very wastefully, their clothes were disheveled, they were drunk and unconscious, and they looked stupid and stupid.
"You'll also see wolf blood on him." The little devil said again. At this time, a servant came out with wine and accidentally fell. The farmer began to scold him: "How can you be so careless!" ”
"Alas! Host, we haven't eaten until now and are so hungry. "Things are not done, how can you eat?"
The old devil saw it and said happily to the little devil, "You are so remarkable! How did you do that? The little devil said, "I just let him have more than he needs, so that he can arouse greed in other people's nature." ”
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