Story cover for THREE SYCOPHANTS by shomurodov
THREE SYCOPHANTS
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    Parts 4
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    Time 18m
Complete, First published Sep 27
In a small Uzbek village, three friends - Nasir the snuff seller, Dulan the feldsher, and Uroq the market loudmouth - decide to test the power of praise. What begins as drunken banter about belly fat, wisdom teeth, and village politics turns into a month-long pact to flatter one another. Yet as the compliments pile up, vanity, envy, and absurdity grow in equal measure. Blending satire and humor, the story pokes fun at human weakness and the corrupting sweetness of flattery, showing that praise - though seemingly cheap - can prove more potent than gold.
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"The Loser Who Didn't Find the Gold" is a bright humorous story in which Ismoil Shomurodov reveals the naive dreams of the common man about easy wealth with his inherent folk irony. Through the comic image of the cowardly Yondosh-Polvon, his grumpy wife and self-serving rural types, the author aptly ridicules greed, superstition and everyday stupidity. The plot unfolds around a chance find, mistaken for gold, and turns into a whole odyssey full of curiosities, panic and absurdity. The story is full of colorful dialogues, rustic humor, hyperboles and folklore motifs - from genies to titanium teeth. Despite the lightness and comicism, the work leaves a bitter aftertaste: the characters remain trapped in their illusions. The author subtly shows - the real poverty is not in an empty pocket, but in the head. It is a funny and at the same time sad mirror of human naivety.