One day Sheikh asked his mother, “Mother, do you know how people die and how we get to know that they have died? And where do we keep the dead?” His mother was used to his silly questions, so she casually replied that when one closes one’s eyes, it means one has died. And then the person is buried in a pit. Sheikh took the reply very seriously and started searching a pit. He thought, ‘Let me try dying.’ He found a pit outside the village. He jumped into the pit and lay there with his eyes closed. It became dark but Sheikh was still in the pit. Soon, he heard some sounds. It was the sound of some thieves. They were trying to hide some stolen jewels. Sheikh immediately got up from the pit and shouted, “Carry on, friends. I won’t be able to complain about you to the police, because I am dead.” The thieves got frightened and ran away from there as fast as they could, leaving behind the jewels.
Sheikh Pretends to Die
