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About Poor J\u00f3zio<\/span><\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”25″][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]\n

In a small village, on the banks of a rushing stream, J\u00f3zio worked as a shepherd on a farm. One day, the farmer came to him and said:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Listen, J\u00f3zio, you will no longer work for me. You are already an adult and it is time for you to start your own family. Here is your payment for your twenty years of service. Go out into the world, and my son will take your place!<\/span><\/p>\n

All right,\u2019 replied J\u00f3zio, I don\u2019t have much wealth, but I\u2019ll go! <\/span><\/p>\n

The next day, he set off into the world. He had been walking for several hours, so he sat down behind a bush and ate some cheese and bread, and after resting a little, he continued on his way.<\/span><\/p>\n

He walked and walked until he saw a vast lake stretching out before him, and a lone fisherman fishing by the shore. The fish were biting so well that he was pulling them out of the water one after another. Seeing this, J\u00f3zio approached the man and said:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Hey, man! Sell me your fishing rod, I\u2019ll pay you for it!<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 No, I won\u2019t sell it to you!<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Oh, sell it to me! I love fishing so much; I\u2019ll give you all my wealth, which I\u2019ve earned in twenty years of service.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”35″][image_with_animation image_url=”592″ image_size=”full” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”35″][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]\n

The man looked at him from under his eyebrows, but, tempted by the money, he sold him the rod. J\u00f3zio immediately put a worm on the hook and began to fish, but the fish seemed to be deliberately refusing to bite. J\u00f3zio walked around the lake once, then twice, but there were still no fish on the hook. He felt like crying, but he didn\u2019t dare, after all, he was a man! He tried his luck again. So he cast his rod into the water once more and waited and waited. After a moment, he began to pull, but strangely… the rod bent like a bow, and a beautiful girl emerged from the water! Seeing this, J\u00f3zio was frightened and ran away, but he stopped immediately because the girl commanded in a stern voice:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Stop, boy, or you will lose yourself and me, and listen to what I have to say. I am a princess, and you must marry me now!<\/span><\/p>\n

Preoccupied with the conversation, J\u00f3zio did not notice that there was no trace of the lake left, but in its place stood a fortified castle.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 You see, my boy, if you hadn\u2019t caught me, I would have been enchanted until the end of the world, but now I am saved and we must get married.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Hmm,\u2019 muttered J\u00f3zio, \u2018if that\u2019s what you want, then… we can!<\/span><\/p>\n

So the next day, a wedding was held. Oh, what a grand celebration it was \u2013 wine flowed by the barrel..<\/span><\/p>\n

At first, J\u00f3zio liked this change in his life, but after a while he grew tired of it all and longed for the life he had grown up with. He wanted to be a simple peasant, not a king. When he found out that a stable boy was needed at a nearby manor, he gladly agreed.<\/span><\/p>\n

When he was hired, the landlord asked him if he needed a cart to bring his belongings, and J\u00f3zio said:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Not one, but two hundred, sir!<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 You must be mocking me, J\u00f3zio, because even though I have a manor, I wouldn\u2019t have anything to put on so many carts!<\/span><\/p>\n

But wanting to have some fun and laugh at him, the next day he gave him the carts he had ordered. J\u00f3zio\u2019s wife, seeing this, began to cry and complain:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 What are you doing, have you gone mad, what more do you want? You have everything you could possibly want \u2013 do you want to ruin us? Oh, I am so unhappy!<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 You have no say in the matter, I want to do this, and you must accompany me!<\/span><\/p>\n

Having said that, he ordered his men to load their belongings onto two hundred carts. When all of them were full, they drove to the manor and continued unloading: into the barn, into the palace… There was so much stuff that it didn\u2019t fit anywhere! The landlord and the steward liked everything, but most of all they liked J\u00f3zia\u2019s wife. So they began to plot to get rid of J\u00f3zio and take his property and his wife for themselves. The steward said to the landlord:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Sir, we need to give J\u00f3zio a task that is impossible to complete. If he fails to complete the task, we will kill him and then his wife will be mine or yours, sir!<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 All right,\u2019 replied the lord. Hmm, how about this: we have a ten-hectare lake, full of fish. Tell him to plough it, and if he doesn\u2019t, we\u2019ll kill him.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”35″][image_with_animation image_url=”593″ image_size=”full” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”35″][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]\n

The next day, the steward went to J\u00f3zio and said:<\/p>\n

\u2014 Listen, J\u00f3zio, tomorrow you will take the horses and go plough the lake, and remember – if you don\u2019t plough it, we will kill you!<\/p>\n

J\u00f3zio went to his wife, looking very worried, and his wife asked:<\/p>\n

\u2014 Why are you so sad, J\u00f3zio?\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2014 Oh, my dear, you don\u2019t know anything! Those wicked people told me to plough the lake, and if I don\u2019t manage to do it, they\u2019ll kill me. Oh, how unhappy I am!<\/p>\n

\u2014 You see, J\u00f3zio! I asked you not to come here because there are bad people here. But I love you, so don\u2019t worry \u2013 I\u2019ll help you! Tomorrow, early in the morning, you\u2019ll go and plough around the lake with a plough, and then you\u2019ll let the horses go, and they\u2019ll continue, and you can sleep!<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s what J\u00f3zio did. He ploughed the water along the banks and went to sleep. He didn\u2019t know how long he slept. But when he woke up, the lake was gone and the horses were waiting to go home. Delighted, he eagerly set off for home, where his wife was waiting for him. On the way, he met the steward and told him that he had completed the task and was waiting for the next one. The steward could not believe his ears and eyes \u2013 but it was true! Where the lake had once been, there was now rich, black soil. So he hurried to the landlord and exclaimed excitedly:<\/p>\n

\u2014 My lord, my lord! The lake is gone, we now have a piece of fertile land! What luck, what luck! he repeated.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Shut up!\u2019 snapped the landlord. \u2013 You\u2019re as dumb as J\u00f3zio! We had a great income from the water, and now look what you\u2019ve done! That rascal has ploughed it up. Tell him to plough it again tomorrow, or I\u2019ll kill him!<\/p>\n

\u2014 All right, my lord, and we\u2019ll get his wife, right? asked the steward cleverly. Then he went to J\u00f3zio and said in a commanding tone:<\/p>\n

\u2014 The lord is very angry. If the lake is not in its place tomorrow, I will kill you, so you better hurry up!<\/p>\n

And again, J\u00f3zio returned home worried, and his wife again reproached him for his stupidity. But because she loved him, she promised to help him.<\/p>\n

The next day, J\u00f3zio did as his wife told him, and it worked again! The steward was very surprised and whispered to himself that some evil force must be helping him. As he shook his head in disbelief, he met the landlord of the manor on the porch:<\/p>\n

\u2014 My lord, it must be some kind of magic \u2013 yesterday the lake was ploughed up, today the water shines like a mirror, so we can\u2019t do anything about it. His wife is also too proud and beautiful. One thing puzzles me: why did she marry such a poor fool! Well, but more about that later. We must think of something to get rid of him, my lord!<\/p>\n

\u2014 Since we know he\u2019s such a hero, I\u2019ll give him a task now, laughed the landlord. Do you see those two giant stones that adorn my porch, steward?<\/p>\n

\u2014 Tomorrow, steward, order J\u00f3zio to carve an open walnut out of those stones, and at the bottom of the shell, a walnut kernel, and if he doesn\u2019t do it, we\u2019ll kill him and take his beautiful wife \u2013 if not me, then you!<\/p>\n

Rubbing his hands together, the steward went in search of J\u00f3zio. He soon found him watering the horses. Satisfied, he conveyed the landlord\u2019s order to him.<\/p>\n

Hearing this, J\u00f3zio turned pale and said:<\/p>\n

\u2014 Sir, I am not a sculptor and I cannot do this!<\/p>\n

\u2014 Too bad, replied the steward, if you don\u2019t do it, you will say goodbye to your life and your beautiful wife! Now go eat and rest a little, because the sculpture has to be done by tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Distraught, J\u00f3zio, trembling with fear, made his way home.<\/p>\n

There, his wife ran up to him and said:<\/p>\n

\u2014 What\u2019s the matter, my J\u00f3zio, are you ill or something? Tell me, why don\u2019t you even say hello to me?<\/p>\n

But J\u00f3zio pushed her away gently and said:<\/p>\n

\u2014 Wait, you can\u2019t help me anyway. I will have to part with you and my young life. Oh! I am so unhappy! he cried, and tears rolled down his cheeks.<\/p>\n

For the first time, J\u00f3zio\u2019s wife was shaken with anger at the way they were tormenting her husband. In a firm voice, she said:<\/p>\n

\u2014 Don\u2019t be afraid, I will help you in your troubles. And I swear revenge on your exploiters. Now tell me, what did they do to you?<\/p>\n

\u2014 Well, they told me to carve a walnut out of stone, but I\u2019m not a sculptor, I can\u2019t do something like that!<\/p>\n

\u2014 Don\u2019t worry, anything is possible! Now eat something and rest. When you go to work, remember to take your chisel with you, and it will do everything for you.<\/p>\n

The next morning, when everyone was still asleep, J\u00f3zio set off for work. Sadly, he put the chisel to the stones, and it… started working by itself! Less than an hour later, two magnificent walnuts adorned the entrance to the manor house.<\/p>\n

When the landlord got up in the morning, he couldn\u2019t believe his eyes \u2013 there were open walnut shells in front of the stairs, with walnut kernels at the bottom. He liked the carvings very much; the steward couldn\u2019t help but exclaim in admiration:<\/p>\n

\u2014 Oh my! How beautiful! And then, with a grim expression, he said to his master:<\/p>\n

\u2014 My lord, we will not get rid of him like that. Either he sold his soul to the devil, or he is Satan incarnate! But surely your father is in hell… Tell him to go and bring his parent back from there, and I will follow him to see if J\u00f3zio goes there.<\/p>\n

\u2014 All right,\u2019 replied the landlord, he is so strong in everything, he will surely pull his father out of hell, and I will see where hell is located.<\/p>\n

And he ordered J\u00f3zio to pull his father out of hell.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, J\u00f3zio\u2019s wife began to comfort him, telling him not to worry, that punishment for the landlord and his servant was near. Then she began to look for something, and finding a spool of thread, she said:<\/p>\n

\u2014 Here is some thread. Remember! Tie one end around your waist and let the spool fall to the ground. Where the thread ends, you will find hell. There, the landlord\u2019s father walks on all fours, transformed into a horse. The devils will not want to give him back to you because horses come in pairs, but don\u2019t worry \u2013 tell them that the steward is hiding behind the tree and will gladly swap places, and then they will hand over the father.<\/p>\n

J\u00f3zio did as his wife advised. He tied a thread around himself, dropped the spool on the ground, and slowly followed it. He also thought he heard a clatter behind him, so he figured the steward must be following him.<\/p>\n

J\u00f3zio did not know how long he had been walking. Suddenly, the thread ran out and he found himself standing in front of the gates of hell. At that moment, the steward hid behind the trees.<\/p>\n

J\u00f3zio knocked on the gate, and a lame devil opened it and asked him what he wanted. J\u00f3zio replied:<\/p>\n

\u2014 The landlord\u2019s father!<\/p>\n

\u2014 We can\u2019t give him to you because we don\u2019t have anyone to replace him. Unless you want to swap places yourself, hehe!<\/p>\n

\u2014 No, not me, but that man standing behind the tree would be happy to swap places.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Ah,\u2019 said the devil, \u2018that\u2019s good. Take that old fart, he won\u2019t be coming to us for long anyway.<\/p>\n

At that moment, two devils flew out of hell and grabbed the steward. He defended himself and struggled, but in vain, because he had done so much evil to people on earth that no one would stand for him. Even the God\u2019s saints abandoned him.<\/p>\n

J\u00f3zio put the old landlord on a horse and they set off for the manor. As soon as the young lord saw him, he had a heart attack and the devils took him, and soon after, the old man too. J\u00f3zio and his wife gathered their belongings and returned to the castle, where they lived in harmony and kindness for a very long time, raising their children. They distributed the land that belonged to them to the poor. And everyone was very happy!<\/p>\n

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