Once, Sheikh Chilli was accompanying the junior Nawab to the market. On his way, Sheikh happened to raise his hand, which held a stick, pointing at something. The horse, mistaking it for a threat, gave Sheikh a hard kick. Sheikh fell unconscious. When Sheikh did not get up for a while, the junior Nawab went on to the market. He thought that he would pick up Sheikh on his return. When Sheikh came to his senses, he looked around, but did not see the junior Nawab. Now Sheikh did not remember anything that had happened. He saw a bunch of golden beard trimmings, which had been dragged into a hole by a rat, sticking out from the hole. Sheikh thought that to be a horse’s tail and assumed that a strong rat must have dragged the junior Nawab and his horse into the hole. He ran back shouting that the junior Nawab had been kidnapped! Nawab’s wife, junior’s mother, started crying hysterically upon hearing this. Just then, the junior Nawab came back on his horse and wondered why there was so much commotion. When Sheikh told them about the rat, everybody laughed!
Kidnapper Rat
