Once, therefore, his best man from another village came and
found him crying and saying.
- Captain Mastromarkos, I‘m relying on you. I played dice, and I
lost all my property. A doctor took it from me. However, my dear
Mastromarkos, that person felt sorry and saw how I cannot feed
my wife and my children. He also told me that I will get my
property back if I can give him an answer to a riddle. He gave me
a three days deadline. I am trying to find an explanation to that
riddle but it‘s impossible for me. That is why I came to you, or
else my family will starve to death.