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AllatRa by Anastasia Novykh
"Good day to you!"
The man replied with a smile,
"I really do not remember a day that was not good for me."
The priest was surprised with this answer, because no one had ever answered him this
way, so he decided to say the greeting in another way,
"I just hope that God gives you happiness."
The Man, too, was surprised and said,
"But I've never been unhappy, either."
The priest thought that the poor man simply was not taught how to conduct high-style
small talk and said,
"What are you talking about?! I'm just wishing you that you were fortunate in life."
The Man got even more surprised and sincerely replied,
"I've never had ill fortune, good man."
The priest realized that this poor man did not even recognize his eminent person and
hurried down to business,
"All right, well, I wish you everything that you wish for yourself..."
"That I wish for myself?!" the man laughed. "But I do not need anything. I have
everything I want."
"How so?!" it was the priest's turn to get surprised. "But you live in poverty! Even rich
people need many things and wish for much, so the poor are in a greater need."
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