A hotel guest eats roast chicken for dinner, two eggs for breakfast; then, in a hurry to leave with the caravan, he promises to pay on his return. The hotel owner wants to charge him a huge amount of interest: the chicken would have laid eggs, the eggs would have become chickens who would lay eggs, and so on. The guest takes him to court, and Nasruddin offers to help, but he is late to court. The cadi is angry that Nasruddin is late, but Nasruddin explains, "I had boiled some wheat for breakfast, but then decided it would be better to plant it." The cadi protests, "Nothing grows from boiled wheat!" Nasruddin concludes, "Nor from chickens or fried eggs."
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