during ottoman times, turkey is riding his horse on a road when he sees a puddle. 'whatever, it doesn't look deep' he thinks as he's about to cross it.
to his surprise, it turns out to be at least a meter deep and filled with mud! the moment the horse steps into it, it falls into it and he falls off the horse. he manages to get out of the muddy hole, but the horse is stuck, no matter how hard he tries to pull it out.
then he spots bulgaria and wallachia (aka modern day romania) napping under a tree.
'hey! you two!' he yells at them. 'come help me pull my horse out of the hole!'
they wake up.
'lol omg turkey you look terrible' wallachia laughs at him
'ok, but only if you pay us in gold coins' bulgaria smiles smugly.
'pay you?! fine, just help me with my horse and get me clean clothes!'
'uh oh, he seems like he's getting angry' wallachia chimes in. 'maybe he's gonna get us punished once we help him. I suggest taking his money, then pushing him back into the hole and preventing him from getting out until he stops trying to get out'
'naaah naaah wtf wallachia?' bulgaria says to him. then he turns back to turkey 'look we're gonna help you, but you'll have to pay us in advance. also, there's a river nearby where you can wash yourself and your horse'
'uggh fine here take these' turkey passes them several gold coins. 'I swear, you two are total slackers, if you don't get paid, you won't do anything ever'
'we? slackers?' wallachia explodes. 'all day, we pull people's carts and horses out of this hole! ALL NIGHT, WE DIG THE DAMN HOLE AND WE BRING WATER ALL THE WAY FROM THE RIVER TO FILL IT! AND SOMEHOW WE'RE THE LAZY ONES?!'