There lived an old man on the shore of beautiful sea who loves to wove nets and catch fish. He had a nice dog Boley and evil black cat Serzhina. One day he asked Boley to bring water and give him fish when he brought water. He asked Serzhina to bring him hat but she brought the hat only after getting fish.
Next day the old man got sick and could not get out of the bed. He asked Boley to take pill from cabinet but he could reach it so he asked Serzhina to take the pill but Serzhina asked for fish but the old man told that he could not go for fishing that day and he will go for fishing after getting better. Instead of bringing pill, the cat asked for fish. The dog saw a pill on the floor and give to the old man.
Have you lost faith in goodness
The old man was healthy next day and caught lot of fish. The dog told old man to drive the cat away and called evil cat.The old man told that she will change and become good. He believe in the power of good. While taking a nap he saw his house in fire and he asked for his pets help. Boley helped him to put out the fire but the cat helped him only when she get the fish and stopped helping after fish is fnished.
The old man got angry when his house got fully burned and threw cat into the sea. The sea become black. A small black kitten with crooked tail came near him but the old man chased the kitten away. When they become hungry they went for fishing but they got less fish. Day by day the fish got less and less and they got hungrier.
One day the old man refused to go for fishing . Then a herring - gull came and asked him wheather he lossed the faith in goodness. The gull told that there is good and bad in everyone abut it depends on what we believe. Boley barked at the small black kitten when it tried to take last piece of fish but the old man divided the fish into three pieces and give to Boley ,kitten and to himself.
The gull asked the old man to go for fishing and he got lots of fish. The gull told that person without faith is like a net without fish. Soon he rebuilt his burned cottage and lived for a long time without losing his faith in goodness although the sea remained black.