One night, Mulla Nasruddin’s wife woke him up and said, “I have to go and check the baby. Can you give me the candle that I left on your left side?” Mulla replied, “How do you expect me to distinguish my left from my right in the dark!” Mulla’s wife took the candle herself in annoyance. The next morning, Mulla went to another town. A man there asked, “What’s the word for ‘baby cow’ in your town?” Mulla couldn’t remember the word, so he said, “Where I’m from, we don’t call a baby cow anything. We just wait until it grows up, and then we call it a cow!” While Mulla was talking, his donkey wandered away. Mulla started looking for it and simultaneously thanked God. A man saw this, and asked, “Why are you so grateful and happy?” “I’m glad that I was not riding the donkey when he got lost. Otherwise, I’d be lost, too!” said Mulla, and he continued his search.
Mulla Thanks God
