A Mullah Nasruddin / Nasreddin Hoca story
Ungrateful son of a donkey, part 2
Mullah Nasruddin
[Continued from last week]
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So Nasruddin traveled to see the Sultan in the great city of Woden, there was a very important king. Mullah entered the palace and came to the royal assembly.
He saw the king, bowed, and sat down among the people. Then he looked at the king, and whispered aloud, “Ahh, this is my son!”
Then he turned to other courtiers nearby, and said again, “Ahh, this is my son!” A few persons heard and reacted with shock.
The Mullah then spoke aloud, “Yes indeed, no doubt that is my son.”
Most of the courtiers heard it, but no one thought much of it, or perhaps they thought that the strange mullah was confused. But he continued repeating the same words, “This is my son.”
Shortly one of the courtiers came up to Nasruddin and asked him, “Pardon me, kind Mullah, what did you say?”
Nasruddin stood up, pointed to the Sultan, and announced, “This indeed is my son!”
This scandalized everyone in court, and the enraged Sultan declared, “Lock this madman up!”
Now Mullah was seized and bound with ropes on her arms and legs. As they were trying to subdue him, he said, “The children of donkeys have no gratitude. You, Sultan, are you not the son of my ass? Have I not made you and given you to the teacher so that he could teach you? Now you get a royal title, and I’m tied up. If you’ll let me go, I swear I’ll go right to your mother and cut off her tail!”
The Sultan became even angrier and ordered his men, “Take him out of here and execute him immediately!”
The vizier, a very wise man, intervened, He whispered to the Sultan, “It is better if you let this fool go, because clearly he does not know what he’s saying. No man with any brains can utter such words in your Majesty’s presence.” Thus Mullah was freed from his shackles, taken to the city limits, and released.
Finally he returned to Halil and told him, “Your words are true. The children of donkeys have no gratitude. The son of my ass got the kingship, and while in court he had his soldiers grab and restrain me. Now I am going to his mother and cut off her cursed tail. If you want it, I’ll give it to you for free. But first I must deal with the tail!”
The teacher replied, “Agreed. You must cut her tail off, because her son possesses no manners whatsoever. Then if you want to give me the tail, I’ll use it until I die.”
So Nasruddin went out to the stable, cut off Karakacan’s tail, and delivered it to the teacher.
Excerpted from
Extraordinary Adventures of Mullah Nasruddin
by Ron J. Suresha
now in print from Lethe Press
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