மொழிபெயர்ப்பு: நஸ்ருதீன் மற்றும் கடவுளின் குழப்பங்கள்

Mulla's and God’s Confusions

One day, a local man climbed up a rather tall tree. Shortly thereafter, however, as he tried to make his way back down, he soon discovered that the trip down mightnot be as easy as the trip up. In fact, try as he might, he simply could not figure out a way to get down the tree without putting his body at great risk of falling to the ground. He askeda few passers-by for help, but noone knew what to do. A few local people gathered near him andtried to help, but he remained stuck.Then Mulla Nasrudin walked by and devised a plan. He threw a rope up to the man and said, “Tie this around your waist.” The people nearby wondered about what Mulla was doing. They asked him his plan, but he calmly replied, “Just trust me—this works.” When the man had the rope tied around his waist, Mulla pulled on the rope. Upon his doing this, the man fell from the tree and hurt himself. The bystanders, horrified to see this happen, remarked, “What kind of a plan was that?” “Well,” Mulla replied, “I once saved someone’s life doing the exact same thing. The only thing I’m not sure about is whether I saved him from a well or from a tree.”