Dog and Diamond

Service Dog, steadfast and faithful,
Lived in the world easily, wagging his tail.
But suddenly rumors began to roam the city,
That huge Diamond is buried in forest under old tree.

Dog began to persuade everyone to go to the forest,
He claimed that Diamond would make everyone very happy.
In the middle of night people grabbed their shovels
And went to the forest, where they dug hard until morning
Heavy ground under large branched oak, but found nothing.




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In the morning Dog did not calm down
And began to call everyone to the forest again.
People, less than before, again went for Diamond.
And searched for a long time under pine tree,
But sure nothing was found again.

Next day, there were even fewer applicants,
They dug the soil under the mighty poplar,
But not so diligently, as if they knew in advance,
That Diamond will not be found (and it was not).

But Dog did not give up, continued to call for searches,
Although he had no companions, people tired of digging,
All that's left was tramp, alcoholic and thief (it's one person).

And then the moment came when even this character
Was too lazy to get up from under the bench,
To steal another shovel and go to the forest with Dog.
Now Dog was alone, and opposite stood a whole city.
People shouted: "Forget about Diamond for God's sake!
Understand, that happiness is not in luxury at all!"

Well, Dog ran into the forest alone,
There he sadly walked among the trees,
Then dug up the ground under the birch
And took out huge Diamond in a velvet bag.

"A little more patience, - he said reproachfully. -
Only ten attempts, and Diamond would have been found.
There are almost no more unexcavated trees!
But why are you such impatient and lazy creatures?"
With these words, he grabbed Diamond and ran away.

"But where is the point? - some readers may be indignant. -
Where is the sacral truth, where is life lesson for youth?"

Friends, everything is here, I promise!
Try to dig around that aspen (perhaps).



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.