Director and Cleaner

In the office, where important matters are decided,
Director sat in his luxurious leather chair.
He was the head of company, he had a lot of power,
And managed a huge number of employees.

Cleaner, simple man, worked quietly and unnoticed,
He kept his broom and bucket in a cramped closet,
He maintained cleanliness as best he could, diligently,
And he always did this, even on the most hard day.




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One day Director came to work, walked into office,
And terrible disappointment awaited him.
Office was in complete disarray and dirt.
Director literally couldn't believe his eyes.

He called Cleaner and said: "What happened?
How can you allow such a mess in my office?"
Cleaner replied: "I just wanted to demonstrate,
How important my work, what will happen without me."

Director replied: "Any employee can say this,
Because any specialist is important in his place.
For example, even me. If I disappear for a couple of days,
Everything will stop, fall apart and die without me!"

Some time passed, employees came to Director,
To congratulate him on his retirement,
But Director was not in the office,
Cleaner was sitting in leather chair.

"Where is Director?" - employees asked.
"He left to show that he is irreplaceable."
"And when did this happen?" - employees asked.
"Couple of years ago," - answered Cleaner.
"So who managed our company instead of Director?
Was it really you, all this time?"
"Oh, no, I just sweeping the floor."

"Well, what does this strange fable teach us?" -
Readers will ask again and again.
And once again I won’t answer,
Because I like to look as mysterious thinker.




The original text was written by me in Russian. I haven't studied English systematically so the translation may not be ideal. The main work was done by Google Translate, I just corrected obvious absurdities, where I noticed them and where I did not confuse them with brilliant insights.