
One day, the resourceful Aldar-Kose went to visit Shygaybay.
Approaching the house, he quietly peeked inside. The owner was cutting kazy, his wife was preparing dough, and the other household members were busy with meat and poultry. It was clear: they were planning a good meal.
But as soon as Aldar entered and greeted them, the hosts immediately began hiding the food.
Shygaybay pretended there had been no treat at all and then asked the guest:
"What interesting things did you see along the way?"
Aldar realized it was time to teach the miser a lesson.
"I saw a huge snake," he said. "It was exactly as thick as the kazy you just hid."
Then he began to tell of other "miracles," each time comparing them to the dough, meat, and poultry the household members were trying to hide.
Shygaybay realized: the guest had seen everything. They had to set up the cauldron and begin cooking. But the master's stinginess persisted.
"Let the meat simmer for five months," his wife said, hoping Aldar would leave.
"No matter," he replied calmly. "Then I'll stay with you for ten months."
Shygaybay realized he couldn't get rid of his guest so easily.
That night, when the hosts were asleep, Aldar removed the meat from the cauldron and replaced it with pieces of tough leather. Shygaybay, awakening, tried to sneak a supper, but no matter how much he cut the contents of the cauldron, it wouldn't budge.
In the morning, the bey prepared to leave and hid a hot flatbread in his bosom.
Aldar noticed this and suggested:
"Bayeke, let's hug goodbye!"
He hugged Shygaybay tightly. The hot bread began to burn the master, and he was forced to remove the flatbread. "Since you don't need it, I'll take it," Aldar said.
Thus the famous trickster managed to dine in the house of a man who refused to share even a piece of bread, and once again mocked the greed and arrogance of the rich.