Wise Fools: Tales of Nasruddin, Birbal and Other Jesters
Monday, December 17, 2001
T0185. Revenge on the Bedbugs
Nasruddin's house burns down, and Nasruddin just laughs. "I got away with my life at least," he says, "but the bedbugs didn't."
Notes
: See proverb in Moseley (a Birbal story): "When the house burns down, that's revenge on the bedbugs."
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