Late one night, Mulla Nasruddin and his wife were awakened from their sleep. The sounds of two men arguing loudly in the street had disturbed them. “I am going to go and find out what they are fighting about,” Mulla told his wife. “Just go back to sleep,” his wife said, “This has nothing to do with you.” “Fine,” Mulla said. But as the two men outside continued arguing, Mulla could not sleep. Besides, he wanted to know the cause of their fight. So, he quietly crept out of the bed and picked his lamp up. As soon as he got outside, one of the men grabbed his lamp and ran away with it. Mulla went home, very confused at the man’s behaviour. When he returned to his bed, his wife asked him, “What were they fighting about.” “My lamp,” Mulla replied, “As soon as they got it, they stopped fighting.” His wife stared at Mulla and burst out laughing.
Mulla’s Lamp
