One day, Mulla Nasruddin heard a Fakir in the village square. The Fakir claimed, “I can teach any illiterate person to read through an ‘instant technique’.” Soon, a large crowd gathered around him and Mulla pushed his way to the centre as he was curious. “All right, teach me!” Mulla challenged the Fakir. Closing his […]
One day, Mulla Nasruddin’s friend came to his house. Mulla received him well and offered him a beverage. “Mulla,” the friend said, “I’m moving to another village. Can I have your ring? That way, I will remember you every time I look at it?” Mulla was taken aback at this. He did not want to
Fanny Duck lived in a pond. Bunny Rabbit lived in a burrow close by. Both were good friends. One day they were playing together when something flashed past them. Fanny asked, “Did you see that, Bunny? It was beautiful! What was it?” “I am going to find out,” said Bunny. So, Bunny went off quickly
Mulla Nasruddin and his donkey were travelling continuously for days. When they reached a town, they stopped at a tea shop. Mulla was very hungry and wanted to eat some snacks and drink tea. But he did not have enough money for that. He saw a stranger in the tea shop. The stranger was dressed
There was a deer called Glee. She was a very playful deer. One day, it was a pleasant day, so Glee Deer set off through the woods looking around for someone to play with. Suddenly, Glee heard a cry for help. She rushed towards the sound. ‘Someone’s in trouble!’ she thought as she passed a
Once there was a tailor who lived in a village of Kerala. In the same village also lived an elephant of the temple priest. The elephant used to go for bath to the pond daily, and passed by the tailor shop. One day, tailor gave bananas to the elephant. The elephant felt very happy at
Gwen Pig had always heard stories about treasure hunting. One day, she decided to go treasure hunting in the farm. The other animals laughed at her and said, “You will not find treasure on the farm.” But Gwen did not take heed. First, Gwen saw a necklace in a tree. She was very happy. But
The Amir had sleepless nights as Mulla Nasruddin was raising revolutionary thoughts in people against him and his ruthless officials. So, he called his officials and asked, “Who rules Bukhara–Mulla or me? He has caused a great loss to our treasury and position. Do you have any plan to catch and punish him?” “We have
The Amir was sleeping as usual while his court was in full swing in the marketplace. Then, Jafar came running and said, “Sir, Mulla Nasruddin is here in Bukhara. I have talked to him just now.” Hearing this, the Amir woke up and exclaimed, “But the Khalifa of Baghdad wrote that he had beheaded Mulla.
Mulla Nasruddin led his donkey into a tea-shop full of people. Then, he took out a religious book and placed it on a pillow, in front of the donkey. “You see; he is not an ordinary donkey. He has read this religious book; only a few chapters are left. When he wants me to turn
Farmer Dan had a big farm. There were many animals in the farm. One day, he was doing rounds of the farm and inspecting all the animals. The pig was looking after her piglets. “What a good pig!” said Dan. The hen was laying an egg. “What a good hen!” said Dan. The cow was
One day, Mulla Nasruddin was in the marketplace where the Amir’s court was being held. A hunchbacked money-lender, Jafar, said to the prime minister, pointing at an old man and his daughter, “This potter did not return the money I lent him.” The prime minister said, “Potter, you have one hour to arrange for Jafar’s
A duck and her ducklings lived in a lake. Mother Duck thought, ‘It is time that my ducklings learnt to swim.’ So, she started helping her ducklings to swim. All the ducklings were in the water except Doe. He was scared to jump in. His mother shouted, “Jump in, Doe!” But Doe said, “The water
One morning, Mulla Nasruddin went to the marketplace. He noticed two men and a thin goat standing by the street. He asked, “What are you both doing here?” “When our father died two months ago, we sold the property and divided the money equally. But we don’t know how to divide this goat. So, we
Mulla Nasruddin ran out of a guest-house to save himself from the guards. But his donkey was nowhere to be seen. Actually in complete darkness, Mulla had tied his donkey to a pole where a big drum was hanging. When the donkey heard Mulla’s cries, he ran at a great speed, dragging the pole and