A priest lived in a village and had a cat. The priest loved the cat because he was lonely. And then one evening he did not find his pet in the house, naturally worried and rushed to look for him. I found it quite quickly, because the house and the plot he had was modest — the cat climbed to the top of the tree and sat there, gazing with his eyes. The dog must have driven. Seeing the owner, the cat complained, so that his heart broke with pity. But how do you remove a frightened animal? Persuasion and attracting the effect on the…
But we do not live in the Middle Ages — the priest came up with such a move: tie a rope to a tree and, with the help of a machine, tilt it to the ground. Then the cat will either jump or he will take it. Of course, he tied the rope and tilted the tree with the car. But the strength of the rope in the calculation did not take … In general, the rope burst at the moment of the proximity of the tree to the ground — the slingshot turned out to be another! The cat went into ballistic orbit in the blink of an eye, so the priest with his weak eyesight never realized where the animal had gone.
Do you think the story ends here? No way! Next door to the priest lived a woman with a small daughter. The daughter often asked her mother for permission to bring some animal into the house.
But Mom didn’t agree.
That’s enough with the baby. That night my daughter started her own song:
Mommy, let’s get a cat.
— No, daughter, we can’t afford it.
But I really want to, I behave well, obey everything.
Maman thought — the child is indeed almost an angel, do not bark like Zheglov: «I said!» And she said, “You are a daughter, ask the Lord for a cat, if you deserve it, He will send it to you.”
The obedient angel bent his pink knees before the icon and sent prayers to God. After the end of this sacrament, the same cat flew into the open window, which the priest let in Gagarin’s footsteps. Mom fainted …
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