Once when Mullah Nasruddin was traveling with Faik and Hussein, the three men realized they would have to shelter overnight together in the cold. Faik suggested, “We should all buy a mat and a blanket together.” Hussein agreed.
Mullah stated firmly, “I’ll buy the mat and share it with you, but not the blanket. And you must agree that I will not sleep at either end of the mat.” And he paid the other two for just his share of the mat.
Faik and Hussein could not obtain the mat without the Mullah’s contribution but, thinking they would not share the blanket with Nasruddin, they agreed. The three men bought the mat and the other two bought the blanket.
Nasruddin stretched out in the center of the mat and promptly fell asleep. Now, if the other two wanted to share it, they either had to sleep on either side of him, holding their end of the blanket, or tear the blanket in half so that each man could have his own.
Nasruddin enjoyed the warmth and cover of the blanket, snoring snugly between his two companions, without paying so much as a copper.
Retold from Extraordinary Adventures of Mullah Nasruddin by Ron J. Suresha
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Both of Ron J. Suresha’s acclaimed Mullah Nasruddin story collections are now available in hardcover!
Mullah Nasruddin (Nasreddin Hoca), the eight-centuries-old “wise fool” character originating from the Levant, is the subject of thousands of funny, wise tales, jokes, and anecdotes told across the Middle and Far East, and retold today around the world.
These pithy stories and folk tales, extensively researched and carefully chosen from beloved authentic sources by an award-winning author, are certain to bring readers a smile, nod, or chuckle of self-recognition on every page.
Hundreds of Nasreddin Hoca’s most endearing, enduring stories, gathered here by an award-winning author in two volumes, will amuse, illuminate, and captivate readers with Nasruddin’s ageless, unique humor and universal humanity.
Una vez, cuando el joven Nasrudin actuaba en la escuela, distrayendo a sus compañeros de sus estudios apropiados con interminables travesuras, bromas e historias, su iracundo maestro lanzó una maldición: “Lo que digas o hagas, la gente solo se reirá de ti”.
Ahora, ocho siglos después, los niños, los adultos y los tontos sabios de todo el mundo todavía se ríen de Nasruddin (Nasreddin Hoca), uno de los personajes populares más queridos del mundo. Este recuento entretenido y perspicaz de más de 365 historias mulás lleva a la famosa leyenda persa al siglo XXI.
Contadores de historias y folkloristas, sufíes y yoguis, comediantes y buscadores de sabiduría, y todos los que aman reír se verán enriquecidos e iluminados por el ingenio intemporal, la sabiduría inescrutable y el inusual sentido del humor del mulá Nasruddin.
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Aventuras extraordinarias del mulá Nasrudín
Aventuras extraordinarias del mulá Nasrudín
Cuentos pícaros y sin expurgar del amado sabio loco del Oriente Medio y Lejano
Esta secuela aclamada de la colección de folclor galardonada en 2010 de Suresha, explora aún más — y revela — las sorprendentes aventuras y hazañas secretas del amado sinvergüenza, de 800 años, el turco «sabio loco» mulá Nasrudín (Nasreddin Hoca).
El autor ha viajado extensamente y realizado un amplio trabajo de investigación para desenterrar, traducir, coleccionar, y volver a contar estos 257 cuentos y chistes populares, auténticos, divertidos y escandalosos — incluyendo algunos «cuentos pícaros de Nasrudín» de cientos de años de antigüedad, procedentes de Turquía, el Levante, Eurasia, y de todo el mundo — muchos de ellos apareciendo en esa colección por primera vez en idioma inglés.
Además de las docenas de cuentos populares y legendarios, algunos otros son chistes y anécdotas «tradicionales» relativamente graciosos, directos, en donde se describe al mulá en sus interacciones diarias con la familia, vecinos, burra, comunidad y forasteros durante sus innumerables viajes.
Muchos cuentos son vulgares y obscenos, exploran temas tabú que no son apropiados para los niños, razón por la cual antes habían sido eliminados por razones morales.
Se aconseja a los lectores examinar la Advertencia del libro que identifica esos temas.
Los lectores adultos, humoristas, cuenta cuentos, folcloristas, y todos aquellos que gustan de reír con cuentos pícaros, se sorprenderán, se divertirán, se asombrarán — y probablemente hasta se ofenderán — con este volumen completamente revisado que cuenta al detalle la historia inalterada de las Aventuras extraordinarias del mulá Nasrudín.
Bear Bones Books is pleased to announce the pending release of the redesigned edition of The Uncommon Sense of the Immortal Mullah Nasruddin: Stories, jests, and donkey tales of the beloved Persian folk hero, collected & retold by Ron J. Suresha.
“The author’s roundup is exhaustive, perhaps one of the most honest of all English collections that have been published as popular Mullah Nasruddin literature.”
Nasreddin Hoca ordered a new shirt from Hussein the tailor, and when it was ready, he went to the tailor’s shop to pick it up.
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After Nasreddin paid for the shirt, he decided to shop for some new pants. He chose a nice pair of baggy pants and tried them on, and the two bargained and agreed on a price.
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Young Nasruddin was passing a vineyard and was very thirsty, so he jumped the fence and began to pull down and gobble the luscious grapes. But Bekri, the owner, spotted him and yelled…
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