This story sounds like a fairy tale. Once upon a time there were two boys who were great friends at school, but after graduation their ways separated. It was not after many years had passed by that the two men met. One of them was walking down the street one day when he heard breaks squeak behind him and a huge Mercedes stopped near him.

"Oh, God!" the poor man thought extremely frightened. "What is going on...?"

But he had no reason to be afraid, quite on the contrary. A stalwart man in gold jewels and a stylish Italian suit got out of the car.

"Hey, man! Is this you Peshe?"

"Oh, God!" the man called Peshe, thought and took another look at the man. Imagine his surprise when he recognized in this man the friend he lost so long ago. "Is this you Nikodim?"

"I can't believe this!" Nikodim said. "Meeting you here after so many years! How are you doing? How is life?"

"Well, I graduated university, became a teacher, got laid-off and now I sell clothes at the market, trying to make both ends meet.... How are you?"

"Well, it is easy to see. I was lucky enough, I was really lucky....But why are we standing here, talking? Let's go home!"

The two men got into the Mercedes and in no more than two minutes they were in front of a big house in the town's suburbs.

"You see, " Nikodim started. "This is the parking lot. One hundred and twenty meters long, so that all my guests can easily find a place to park. A football stadium near it with five thousand seats, in case that guests come...."

The two men got inside the building.

"This is the dining room," Nikodim said modestly. "The cooks and waitresses live in the little hotel nearby, so that we are prepared if guests come. Here are the bedrooms for the guests - twenty double rooms, ten single rooms and three apartments. What else.....? This is the bathroom, the bathroom and the bath-tub...."

"You know," Peshe said. "I have never taken a bath in a wash-tub.... I was just wondering whether I could..."

"Yes, of course!" Nikodim said and, took off his clothes and disappeared.

Peshe undressed himself and headed for the bath-tub when he saw Nikodim coming out.

"Peshe!" Nikodim said. "Don't' go behind the buoys, because the life guards have a day off."

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