Nasreddin Ten Stories
Nasreddin Ten Stories Nasreddin Ten Stories 1 Nasreddin and the coat It was 8 o'clock in the morning. Nasreddin was upstairs. His wife was downstairs in the kitchen. "Your breakfast's ready!" she called. Two minutes later she heard a loud noise in the hall. THUMP! THUMP! THUMP! "Oh my goodness! What's that noise?" she said. She dropped the plates and ran into the hall. Nasreddin was there. He was on the floor at the bottom of the stairs. "What was that loud noise?" she asked. "
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Nasreddin Ten Stories
Nasreddin Ten Stories
1 Nasreddin and the coat
It was 8 o'clock in the morning.Nasreddin was upstairs.His wife was downstairs in the kitchen.
"Your breakfast's ready!" she called.Two minutes later she heard a loud noise in the hall.
THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!
"Oh my goodness! What's that noise?" she said.
She dropped the plates and ran into the hall.Nasreddin was there.He was on the floor at the bottom of the stairs.
"What was that loud noise?" she asked."Are you alright, Nasreddin?"
"Yes, I'm fine, my dear," he replied."It was my coat. It fell down the stairs."
"But coats don't make a noise!" said his wife."I heard a loud THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!"
"Well ... you see, my dear," said Nasreddin,"I was inside it at the time."
2 Nasreddin and the meat
Nasreddin bought three kilos of meat at the butcher's.
He took it home and gave it to his wife.Then he went to work.
His wife immediately went out and called her friends."Come and have lunch with me today!" she said.When Nasreddin arrived home that evening,his wife put a plate of bread and onions on the table.
"But where's the meat that I gave you this morning?" asked Nasreddin.
"The cat ate it," replied his wife.
Nasreddin immediately went and got the scales.He picked up the cat and put it on the scales.It weighed exactly three kilos!
"This is very strange!" he said."If the cat weighs exactly three kilos, where's the meat?And if this is the meat, where's the cat?"
3 Nasreddin and the beggar
One day Nasreddin saw some water on his bedroom floor.He looked up. "Oh dear!" he said."There's a hole in the roof. I must repair it."
He took his ladder, climbed up it and started work.
Then a beggar arrived.
"Nasreddin!" he called.
"What do you want?" asked Nasreddin.
"Come down here and I'll tell you!"
Nasreddin wasn't very happy,but he climbed down the ladder to listen to the beggar.
"Well?" said Nasreddin. "What do you want?"
"I'm a poor man. Can you give me some money?"
"Come with me!" said Nasreddin.
He started to climb up the ladder and the beggar followed him.When they were both on the roof, Nasreddin turned to him and said, "No!"
