You on the Inside, Me on the Outside

[concluding from yesterday]

When Nasruddin’s wife, Fatima, saw her husband dragging his old donkey back to the stable, she seemed surprisingly cheerful.

As it turned out, she had great news of her own. She informed him enthusiastically, “I caught the yogurt-seller as he was passing by, and asked him for two pounds. While he was looking the other way, I slipped my gold bracelet onto the weight-side of the scale, so he didn’t realize that he was giving me a lot more yogurt for the money.”

Nasruddin embraced Fatima and said, “My dear, keep up the wonderful work. With you working inside and me working on the outside, eventually we’re going to make something of this family of ours.”