חכמת נשים

(1) this story was not told by my mother, it was told my Qmesa (2) she was the best storyteller (3) she said: there was a woman, she had a son, her husband died, and people were telling her: your son is still little, maybe you should get married again (4) she would answer: no, how will I get married again, maybe the man will be bad to my son, I am afraid he would hit him and bother him (5) they said: unless you find someone good (6) one man came, another man came, she did not want any of them (7) finally a man came and she told him: I will tell you something, I am worried about my son, because he is very dear to me (8) he told her: you have nothing to be worried about, I will treat him as if he were our son (9) I will love him very much, and I will let him eat with me, do not worry at all (10) she got married with that man (11) that man would work, bring food, buy things (12) when he was coming back from work, she would put for him food on the table and the moment he saw the boy, he would catch him and put him on his shoulders (13) and he would eat with the boy on his shoulders and this is how he would eat (14) she said: he really loves him, she thought, he is eating and the boy is on is shoulders, he is better than him (15) every time he would do the same (16) came to her the woman from before, the old woman that she knew before, the one that told her to get married again (17) she told her: how are you? Have you got married again? (18) I have married a good man, may God give you good health (19) how is he with your son? (20) she told her: what can I say, he is the best, better from I though, he comes back tired and miserable from work, I give him food, and he catches the boy and puts him on his shoulders, and he eats and the boy sits on his shoulders (21) the old woman thought something is wrong here, she said: listen to the words that I am telling you, next time that he comes to catch the boy, tell him: put him down, put down the boy, let me play with him, you will eat and then you will deal with him, leave him, let him go! (22) she did as advised (23) he came back from work, put the boy on his shoulders and she said: no, no, put him down, I am telling you, let him play and you eat in peace (24) he said: I will tell you the truth: I will leave him, but I prefer him to be on my shoulders, than in front of my eyes.