Once upon a time, an old Jew was riding a donkey past a Tatar village. A little boy is playing along the road. He approached him and said:
Boy, can you help me? I have a ruble. I need to eat, feed the donkeys, and leave the rest of the way.
The boy took the ruble and went to the village. He bought there for 10 copies of watermelon, brought it to the old man and was about to leave. The old man says:
I asked you to help, what did you do?
The boy replied:
- You eat peanuts yourself, give the crusts to the donkey, and you will bite the seeds along the way.
Since then, Jews have not lived in Tatarstan.