Mullah Nasruddin

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Like a person or a cow		Sacrifice is necessary
Nasruddin went to a farm to steal melon. The gardner saw him and screamed, "What are you doing?" Nasruddin told him that he had come to ease nature. The gardner came nearer and asked, "Where were you doing that?" Nasruddin looked around and saw dung of cow and pointed at that. The gardner said, "That is a cow dung" Nasruddin answered, "You didn't allow me to do it in human way".		A washer man hanged Nasruddin's shirt on a clothesline on the roof. Suddenly a strong wind started blowing. The shirt fell down on the ground. Nasruddin told his wife " We must sacrifice a goat." His wife asked the reason for sacrifice. Nasruddin answered "Because I was fortunate that i was not in the shirt".
Became donkey again		Nasruddin's death message
Nasruddin's donkey died. He collected some money with a lot of difficulties and went to the bazaar to buy anohter one. He was going home with the new donkey. On the way two thieves saw him. They thought of stealing the donkey. One of them removed the rope from the donkey's neck and put it in his own neck. The other thief took the donkey to the market and sold it. When Nasruddin reached home and looked behind at the donkey he saw a man "the thief" instead of the donkey and was amazed. I bought a donkey how it became a man!. Nasruddin thought! then he asked the thief "Who are you?" The thief answered, "I didn't respect my mother, she cursed me and I became a donkey." "she took me to the market and sold me. Then you bought me. but because of your blessings after taling a few steps I became a man again".		Nasruddin was walking in the outskirt of the city. He felt something strange and told himself, "for sure i am dead". Hence he laid down on the ground facing mecca. He remained in this position for sometime. Incidentally no one passed by. Nasruddin angrily stood up, went home and addressed his wife, "O wife, I was laying dead in such and such place for quite sometime. there was no one to pick my corpse". He quickly went back to his place of death and laid down on the ground again. His wife, after hearing this, started crying and weeping a lot and pulled out her tress. The neighbors came out of thier houses on hearing the cries of Nasruddin's wife and went to Nasruddin's house. They asked about the cause of her cries. His wife gave the message of his death to them which made all of them grief - stricken. One of the neighbors asked, "Who brought the message of his death?" His wife said, "since poor Nasrudding didn't have anyone to send, he came himself, gave us the message and returned to his place". The neighbors after hearing this left the husband and wife and persued their own duties.
The real learned person		The price of a bathing cloth
A man who was demonstrating himself a learned person addressed Nasruddin and said. "It is not shamefull whatever you do is foolish?" Nasruddin asked "who are you?" The man answered, "I fly to the skies and watch the wonders of the universe". Nasruddin said, "Never ever anything soft touched your body while you were flying?" The person said, "Why?" Nasruddin said, "It was the tail of my donkey".		Nasruddin went to the public bath with a noble man. there the noble man jestingly asked him, "If i were a slave, what would be my reasonable price?" Nasruddin answered, "Fifty dinaars". The noble got angry and told him, "Only my bathing cloth costs fifty dinaars". Nasruddin answered, "I also told you the price of the bathing cloth for the noble has no value".
Is it me or him?		His lost donkey
Nasruddin was to take a long trip. He made a hole in a pumpkin shell and hanged it around his neck so that he is not lost. One night, while he was sleeping, a jolly man removed the pumpkin from his neck and put it in his own. When Nasruddin woke up, he saw the pumpkin in the other person's neck. "I am sure i am this person. If so, who am I myself?" He asked.		Nasruddin lost his donkey. He was looking for it in the streets and at the same time thanking God Almighty. Some one asked him, "What are you thanking God for?" "Becuase if i were with the donky, I would have been lost too. A third person was needed to look for both me and the donkey" he answered.
Man's answer is only one		The benefit of moon
Once Nasruddin was asked about his age. He answered, "Forty years" After ten years he was asked again. He answered, "Forty years" People said, "Ten years ago you were saying forty years. Now you again say forty years." Nasruddin answered, "Man's answer is only one. Even if you ask after twenty years i will give the same answer".		Nasruddin was asked wheather the sun was more beneficial or the moon. Nasruddin answered, "The answer is so clear that does not need explanation. The sun rises in the bright day. Its presence is not very useful. But the moon appears in the dark nights. It illuminates the darkness of the night. It is quite obvious that the moon is a thousand times more advantageous as compared to the sun".