The Farmer and the Boy

One morning a farmer met a boy and asked him if he wanted a job. The boy answered that he did. The farmer wanted to know if the boy could give him a good character(предоставить хорошую характеристику). The boy said that he could and added that it was from Mr. Muggs, the shopkeeper, his previous master.

The farmer agreed. The farmer told the boy to go and ask Mr. Muggs to come there and speak to him. He said that he would wait there for some time. Twenty minutes passed and then forty minutes passed, but Mr. Muggs did not come.

Later in the afternoon the farmer saw the boy again and he said that Mr. Muggs had not come with the boy’s character. The boy was not surprised to hear it. He said he had not asked Mr. Muggs to come there.

The farmer asked why the boy had not done it. The boy answered that he had told his old master who wanted the character. The farmer did not understand. Then the boy explained that his old master had told him the character of the farmer.