You know Einstein?

In a quiet summer day. on a quiet Odessa street, on old mahogany chairs, standing at the yard of old house with a red roof, quietly sat two old Jews, Isic, and Yankel, and were talking for life, as it is customary in Odessa.. Yankel asked his friend Izic:
"Izic, do you know Einstein?"
"You what, Yankel, kidding me? Who sits in front of you? And before you sits an old Jew Isic Einstein!" - puzzled said Isic.
Yankel at it, calmly said:
"Izic, you need to understand one simple thing. If I ask a question for Einstein, then I ask for the famous Albert Einstein, not for you, poor Odessa Jew!"
"And what is this celebrity?" - muttered Isic.
"He was the greatest physicist who invented the theory of relativity!"- replied Yankel.
"This is to where  to attribute things? Now this one  calls logistics, and others - Lombard" demonstrated his learning Isaac.
"Stupid  friend of mine! It is a theory about time, space and eternity..." - philosophically said Yankel.
"And so, to be clear, can  explain?" asked Isic.
"You know, Isaac, if I manage  to explain you something, it takes forever to get you to understand!» -quipped Yankel.
"Well. Tell about Albert Einstein" agreed Isaac humbly.
Yankel took the pose of the narrator, - swung the left leg - and began his story:
"Like all Jews, Albert was born in "very poor family". His father was a poor owner of a small factory for the production of feather mattresses and quilts, and his mother was the daughter of a wealthy corn merchant of Julius Merzbacher"
"Where  your Albert has been born? In Odessa?" asked Isic.
"He was born in Germany. But when in the 33rd year, the German Nazis had a big keepish for Jews, Albert Einstein, just in case, dumped into America, where he became friends with Charlie Chaplin. You know, Izic, who is Charlie Chaplin?"
"Well how can I not know! It was an unfortunate mute, but a very talented film actor," said Isaac.
"Chaplin was not mute! This movie in those days was dumb! That's why Chaplin was nicknamed "the Great Silent" - instructively said Yankel.
"Yankel! You began to tell me for the life of Albert Einstein, and now tell me for Chaplin... So whom do I listen for?" - tried to rebel Isic, but Yankel besieged him in a stern voice:
"Be quiet and listen to here!"
Isic  shot up and Yankel continued:
"Before Chaplin starred in the film "Gold rush", a very few people knew about him even in America, and in Europe  nobody knew at all. When Einstein  saw  this film, he wrote a letter to jew Chaplin, in which he said something like this: "Such a Wonderful and understandable to all film. I am sure that soon you will become a very famous person!" And, you know, Isic, what Chaplin said Einstein in response to the letter?"
"Yankel, don't make a fool out of me! How do I know? A letter Chaplin wrote not to me, but to Einstein!" - angrily said Isic.
"Well, did you listen to me! Chaplin  replied to Einstein: "I admire you! Your theory of relativity nobody understands, but you become world famous!"
"And you what?  Took this letter out from the mailbox Albert Einstein?" cash Isaac.
"Don't be stupid, Izic! This letter was published and became public knowledge and history!" - irritably said Yankel.
"Okay, okay, simmer down, Yankel! - calmed friend Isic. - Well. And what? Chaplin became a world celebrity?"
"Of course!" cried Yankel.
"The same world celebrity as famous as Einstein?" asked Isaac.
"Well, Yes, Charlie Chaplin has become a world famous, like Albert Einstein!" replied Yankel.
"They what? Are they together the theory of relativity invented?"
Old jew Yankel  only  opened his mouth on this remark of Isic and said nothing in response .........


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