Mulla Nasruddin Stories

Mulla Nasruddin once took up a job as a coachman and one day he had to drive his employer to a disreputable part of the town. Keep your eyes

open, his employer advised him as he alighted from the coach at his destination. This place is

infested with

thieves. Some time later the man thought of checking on his new employee. Is everything all

right? What are

you doing now? he shouted from a window of the house he had gone into. I'm sitting here

wondering what

happens to a

man's lap when

he gets up, the Mulla shouted back. A little later the employer again shouted from the window, What

are you doing

now?! I'm wondering

fist when the

fingers are

unclenched, shouted Nasruddin. His employer was impressed. My coachman is

no ordinary

fellow, he boasted to his hosts. He is a

philosopher! Half an hour later he again poked his head out of the window and shouted, What

are you doing

now? I am wondering

who stole the

horses, replied the Mulla.