"When there is food left on the plate, I remember how the Chechens once took a Russian prisoner. For them, redemption is the most important thing, and they wanted to know if the prisoner was noble or not, and he told them that he was a commoner. They didn't feed him for two days and then they gave him an apple. He ate half and kept the other half. Then they decided he was noble.
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Leo TolstoyAll Translations
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When there is food left on the plate, I remember how the Chechens once took a Russian prisoner. For them, redemption is the most important thing, and they wanted to know if the prisoner was noble or not, and he told them that he was a commoner. They didn't feed him for two days and then they gave him an apple. He ate half and kept the other half. Then they decided he was noble.
""Când rămâne mâncare în farfurie îmi amintesc cum odată cecenii au luat prizonier un rus. La ei contează în primul rând răscumpărarea și au vrut să afle dacă prizonierul e nobil sau nu, iar el le-a spus ca e om de rând. Nu l-au hrănit doua zile și pe urmă i-au dat un mar. El a mâncat jumătate și a păstrat cealaltă jumătate. Atunci au hotărât că e nobil."