One day, Sheikh asked his mother to tell him something about eggs. His mother told him that hens lay eggs, which hatch and little chicks come out of them. She also said that each living being gives birth to similar looking kids like herself, but small in size. After a few days, some guests were to arrive at Sheikh’s house. His mother told him that they did not have enough bowls, so he should go and borrow two bowls from the neighbours. Coincidentally, the neighbour’s bowls were similar looking to theirs, but were bigger. After the guests had left, Sheikh found four similar looking bowls instead of two. So he went to his neighbour’s house to return them. The man picked up his two big bowls and said that the smaller ones were not his. To this, Sheikh said gently, “They are yours, too. They are the babies of the bowls you lent us.” The neighbour was quite shocked by this explanation.
Baby Bowls
