Russian folk stories: Two Thieves

There were two thieves. One of them said:
- I have a hard life!
The other thief didn't agree:
- And I live easy. "Life's easy", I always have an work (even though this is a noun it doesn't require "a", "the", "an" etc. It is a concept, like "pleasure", "fun", etc.) and I have enough money... Look!- he said,- the bishop will drive at  to (if you drive at something, this will result in a crash!) the church. And We are two who ostensibly (Such a simple story requires simple language also, I would say the use of "ostensibly" is more something from a dictionary than a story! This is a little more than a style issue, so this is why i changed it.) Both of us (or better "we") should bet him one hundred roubles:  You say, "a one of your feet has six fingers toes", I say "the other foot has five fingers toes". And will keep your eyes open! (not sure what you meant here! Do you mean "Keep your eyes open"?
They went to the road and stayed near waited close by. That thief which has a good life said:
- The bishop is driving up to us coming! (This sounds more natural, more alarming!!! like "Quick!, get ready!, the bishop is coming!".)
The prosperous thief fell to his knees. The bishop saw the man on the road and stopped the carriage. The thief spoke to the bishop:
- Right Reverend! We bet that merchant (he's showing the companion) (When you say "We bet that merchant" there now seems to be three thieves! Which is not your intention. You should write "I have a bet with this merchant", You see 1 then 2 merchants on the road with the bishop.) hundred roubles. I say that a foot has five fingers, but he says that it has six fingers! We need to know, how many fingers does a your foot have?
The bishop thought not for a long time paused briefly, and then answered: (this sounds more natural)
- You won this bet: I have five fingers on my foot.
- My Lord, let me count your fingers right now in his presence.
- "O'kay", you may do it... Answered the bishop, (Can you tell me, in the original russian do you use speech marks to denote speech within a story?)
The thief took off the bishop's boot and began to count:
- One, two, three, four, five... I win the bet!
Second thief caught (the boot was not in flight!) took hold of the other boot and said:
- I need to check this one! Maybe there are six fingers! Take it off!
With which words that he took off the other bishop's boot and began to count:
- One, two, three, four, five... Yes, you won the bet!
And they broke into a run with the boots of the bishop. The bishop got down quickly but discovered himself sticking in the mud. There And so it was impossible to catch them...

This story made me laugh, very good.

I would tell such a story to maybee people in a school or friends in a pub, somewhere like that. There is a difference betwwen style and complicated english though, that is why i re-worded some of it, i hope you didn't mind? Very good story