1 - One day the king asked Aldar Kose: "Can you teach my donkey to speak?"
2 - "Yes, of course," said Aldar Kose. "But it will take 40 years."
3 - "And you must give me half your money," he said to the king.
4 - The king agreed and gave Aldar Kose half his money.
5 - Years passed and Aldar Kose lived happily, enjoying his money.
6 - Some people asked him: "Aren't you going to teach the donkey to speak?"
7 - "No!" laughed Aldar Kose. "I don't have to... You see, 40 years is a long time. Either the donkey or the king is going to die before 40 years pass!"
C)
Aldar Kose - clever, cunning (хитрый), windbag (пустозвон, балабол).
1) Aldar Kose is without a doubt a clever man, because only a smart person could come up with a way to deceive the king and stay safe.
2) Aldar Kose is a cunning man and, I'm sure, his dodgy mind helped him out more than once in difficult situations.
3) Aldar Kose is a windbag because he talks a lot and does very little.
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B)
1 - One day the king asked Aldar Kose: "Can you teach my donkey to speak?"
2 - "Yes, of course," said Aldar Kose. "But it will take 40 years."
3 - "And you must give me half your money," he said to the king.
4 - The king agreed and gave Aldar Kose half his money.
5 - Years passed and Aldar Kose lived happily, enjoying his money.
6 - Some people asked him: "Aren't you going to teach the donkey to speak?"
7 - "No!" laughed Aldar Kose. "I don't have to... You see, 40 years is a long time. Either the donkey or the king is going to die before 40 years pass!"
C)
Aldar Kose - clever, cunning (хитрый), windbag (пустозвон, балабол).
1) Aldar Kose is without a doubt a clever man, because only a smart person could come up with a way to deceive the king and stay safe.
2) Aldar Kose is a cunning man and, I'm sure, his dodgy mind helped him out more than once in difficult situations.
3) Aldar Kose is a windbag because he talks a lot and does very little.