Honesty In My Folk Tales

Be honest (Nikita Arefjevs)

There were 2 neighbors. One was an honest worker who earned money from honest work, and the other was a fraudster who deceived customers. Of course, the deceiver was richer than the honest one, but when everyone found out about his actions, he was deprived of all that he had earned and was left with nothing, while the honest man remained with his earnings. Be honest, the lie will come out sooner or later.

Rostislavs Osipovs

There were 2 grandmothers and each grandmother had a grandson. One grandmother was honest with her grandson, telling him that sweets and fatty foods are bad for health and physique, and despite the fact that the grandson wanted sweets, his grandmother fed him correctly-gave him vegetables and fruits, cereals and cereals. As a result, the grandson grew up beautiful, tall and strong. But the second grandmother was dishonest with her grandson, saying that you need to eat sweets and fatty foods to grow big and strong. The grandson trusted his grandmother and ate everything she gave him. As a result, the grandson began to get fat quickly and became ill with type 2 diabetes. The girls stopped communicating with him, and now he will be having injections all his live. The moral of this tale is-be honest with your loved ones.

Latvian folk tale about lies ( Anastasija Zaharova, Latvian team)

Listen to what I'm telling you. Saw two fried cocks running through the air, they ran very fast, and the belly was against the sky and back against the ground. One gutter and Millstone swam over the River Daugava quite slowly, and the Frog, the other side squatting on the ice area, ate two lemesis, it was exactly Midsummer Day. The Blind first saw the hare, the dumb told the lame, but the lame captured him. Others wanted to ride on dry land with ships, they sailed through the fields of rye and barley, while being on a high hill, there they all drowned. And in the land flies as big as at us goats. But well need windows to open so the lie can run out.

Diana Kordovicha (Latvian team)

One king had three daughters. The king loved everyone, but especially the youngest. Sisters have been envious of this. The elder presented him with a wand of the Golden government, because it was most useful to the King. Average expensive embroidered shirt. The younger daughter of the king also came and served salt on a wooden plate. It started eating, but then jumped out of the chair and shouted. The King's youngest daughter came in, stood up against her father, and said, " Do Not You, Father, remember me anymore when you said that the king does not have salt, and drive me out of his shelter?King knew his daughter, remembered everything, hugged her and asked for forgiveness. Everyone happily drove each to his castle. From those times the king loved his youngest daughter even more.

Fairy Tale by Valerija Pogodina (Latvian team)

On the shore of the lake was a village of fishermen. They fished, sold to merchants, and fed on it. They lived poorly, but honestly. One day a cunning merchant came to them. He persuaded the fishermen, during the spawning of fish, to catch it. Promised to pay a lot of gold coins. One fisherman did not agree. He said that it is impossible to catch fish during spawning. And then there will be nothing to catch. But no one listened to him. Fishermen went out on boats into the lake. Threw the network. A lot of fish were caught. The cunning merchant was satisfied. Took the entire catch, but gave little money. Deceived the poor fishermen. And then the fish became less, once caught in spawning. It became very bad for them to live. He brought fish from another lake. And the fishermen now decided to live and fish.