Danger Has No Favorites
A lady brought her small son to the Mulla's school. He is very badly behaved, she explained, and I want you to frighten him. The Mulla assumed a threatening...
The Alternative
I am a hospitable man, said Nasrudin to a group of cronies at the teahouse. Very well, then - take us all home to supper, said the greediest. Nasrudin...
Memento
Once, someone requested of Mulla Nasrudin: Give me your ring as a memento, so that whenever I look at it I will remember you. Mulla replied: You cannot have the...
Hidden Depths
One day Mulla Nasrudin was in the market and saw birds for sale at five hundred reals each. My bird, he thoguht, which is larger than any of these...
Keeping the Tigers Away
Nasrudin was throwing handfuls of crumbs around his house. What are you doing? someone asked him. Keeping the tigers away. But there are no tigers in these parts. That's right. Effective, isn't...
Strength to Change
Nasrudin was now an old man looking back on his life. He sat with his friends in the tea shop telling his story. When I was young I...
The Fool
A philosopher, having made an appointment to dispute with Nasrudin, called and found him away from home. Infuriated, he picked up a peice of chalk and wrote Stupid...
Food of the Cloak
Nasrudin heard that there was a banquet being held in the near-by town, and that everyone was invited. He made his way there as quickly as he could. When...
Four In A Bed
After his wife died, Mulla Nasrudin married a widow. But things did not go smoothly because Mulla constantly talked about his former wife and the woman constantly talked about...
Compass
Someone brought a compass that he had found and asked Mulla Nasrudin if he knew what it was. Mulla looked at the compass and began to cry. A few...