The pile in the vineyard
A Mullah Nasruddin / Nasreddin Hoca story
One day, the youngster 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, “Fool, what in Allah’s name are you doing?!”
“I came here to empty my bowels,” said Nasruddin innocently.
Bekri said, “And just where did you leave your little gift of manure?”
The boy looked all around, but saw nothing with which he could justify himself.
Finally, he spotted a mound of donkey manure and exclaimed, “There it is!”
“What kind of fool do you take me for? That’s a pile of donkey dung!” said Bekri.
Unruffled, Nasruddin replied, “If that heap is neither from you nor from me, then I really have no idea from whom or what it might be!”
Retold from Extraordinary Adventures of Mullah Nasruddin by Ron J. Suresha
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