Read the Tale of the Man with a Weak Mind

Once upon a time, there was and there was not, there was a poor man. This man was also a little dim-witted (or simple-minded). He wanted to find out the reason for his poverty. One day, he decided:

"I will go, I will find a dervish. The poverty I have suffered until today is enough. I will ask him how to reach the wealth that is my right," he said.

The man set off on his journey. On the way, he ran into a $cıbır$ wolf (a bald or hairless wolf). The wolf saw the man and said: "Where are you going, son of man?"

The man replied: "I have so many friends, and they are all rich. Why am I poor? I'm going to find a dervish and consult him."

The wolf said: "If you find the dervish, will you also tell him about my trouble? All my friends have fur, but why don't I have any? Please ask him."

The man told the wolf 'yes' and continued on his way. A little further on, a huge garden caught the man's eye. There were many trees in this garden, but none of them bore any fruit. He met the owner of the garden, who said to our man: "Friend, where are you headed like this?"

Our simple-minded man replied: "I am going to consult a dervish about why I cannot become rich. On the way, I also ran into a bald wolf, and I will ask why he is bald. Also, I have a friend whose trees in his garden do not bear fruit; I will ask why his trees are not yielding any."

Hearing this, the garden owner said: "Friend, since you are going, please ask for me too. I have many fruit trees in my garden, but none of them bear fruit. Ask why they don't."

Our simple-minded man agreed to this too and continued on his journey. He went on for a while—through valleys and over hills—when suddenly a horseman emerged from a cloud of dust in front of him. The horseman asked our man: "Oh, son of man, where do you come from and where are you going?"

Our man replied: "I am going to find a dervish."

"Would you recognize a dervish if you saw one?"

"He probably has a robe over his shoulder," the man said.

The Dervish smiled at the man's simplicity and then asked: "Well, what will you ask the dervish?"

The man said: "I will ask him why I cannot become rich. On the way here, I ran into a bald wolf, so I will ask why he has no fur. And I also have a friend whose garden trees do not bear fruit; I will ask why his trees are not yielding any."

The horseman looked at the man and then began to speak: "Tell your friend that there are three jars of gold under the apple tree; he should take them out, and then his trees will bear fruit. As for you, if you can seize the opportunities that come your way, you will no longer be poor. And tell the bald wolf that if he chases a simple-minded man until he sweats, his fur will grow back," he said.

The man set off on the road happily. First, he came to the man with the fruit garden and told him what had happened. There were indeed three jars of gold under the tree. The garden owner offered to give this gold to our man, but he refused. As soon as the gold was taken out, the trees immediately bore fruit.

A little further on, he met the bald wolf. He told the wolf everything that had happened: "If you chase a simple-minded man until he sweats, your fur will grow back," he said.

The wolf thought and thought, then said to the man: "The Dervish told you where the gold was in the garden and told you not to miss the opportunities that came your way. The property owner even offered to give you the gold in the garden, but you missed the opportunity to become rich. Where will I find a man more simple-minded than you? I'll chase you," he said.

The man ran and the wolf chased, the man ran and the wolf chased, until the wolf was sweating profusely. And the man, while running, finally came to his senses. The wolf was covered in fur, and the man was covered in common sense.

Three apples fell from the sky: one for the teller of the tale, one for the listener, and one for those who can use their minds...