Жанна Антонова

I've just listened to the story called "Diogenes and Alexander the Great" and i want to tell you about it.
Diogenes was a wise man who lived in Ancient Greece. People came from all parts of the land ro see him and talk to him. Diogenes was a strange man. He said that no man needed much, so he lived not in a house but in a barrel which he rolled from place to place. He spent his days sitting in the sun and saying wise things to those who were around him. When Alexander the Great went to see Diogenes, he was lying on the ground by his barrel and enjoying the sun. When Diogenes saw the king he set up and looked at Alexander. The king greeted him, said that he had heard a great deal about him and asked if he could do anything for the wise man. Diogenes asked him to step aside a little so as not to keep sunshine from him. The King was not angry about this answer. He said to his officers that if he had been not Alexander he had to be Diogenes.
I like this story because it shows us that a person doesn't need much to be happy.