Soon the master's wife was fed up and wanted her husband to turn him out.
But the master replied, "I can't tell him to go, but we can make him work harder. He will either do good work or go away."
The master then called Sheikh and said, "I have a lot of land. Go there and plough it. The bullocks and the plough are with my neighbor."
"Yes, master," answered Sheikh.
The master added, "When you come back, catch a rabbit and bring some firewood."
His wife had not given Sheikh anything to eat and the master thought that after this Sheikh would leave the job.
But Sheikh had a few coins, so he ate something from the market. Then he reached the master's land.
He took the plough from the neighbor and started walking lazily behind the plough till the evening. He really enjoyed himself.
Then he remembered that he had to take firewood. the trees were far away, so he cut the plough. He could not see a rabbit, but he saw a dead dog. he dragged the dog to the master's house.
When the master saw all this, he was very angry. He told Sheikh to go inside the house and tell his wife.
His wife also became angry and thundered, "Turn this man out"
The master refused, "If I turn him out, I will have to pay an year's salary and cut my ear too. All the people will laugh at me."
"Then get me another servant," said his wife.
The master got another servant to do the housework. The master worked as a lawyer, so he took Sheikh with him every-day to keep him out of mischief.
He did not give Sheikh much to eat and he thought that in this way Sheikh would leave his job.
But Sheikh Chilli was very happy. He would sit in front of the court without any work and daydream the whole day.
When the other workers came to know that he got very little to eat, they shared their food with him, so he did not remain hungry.
In this way, Sheikh was enjoying his stay at his master's house.
He was getting paid. He had no work to do and he could sit the whole day in front of the court and daydream. He decided to never leave this job.
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