Nasreddin: The World Is Going To End Today

One day, the boys of Nasreddin’s village said to him, ‘You have a nice, fat sheep. Will you invite us to a party to eat it with you?’

Nasreddin did not want the boys to eat his sheep, so he said, ‘It is not fat enough yet.’

‘But have you not heard?’ they said. ‘The world is going to end tomorrow, so the sheep will never get fat!’

Nasreddin was getting tired of this, so he said, ‘All right, boys, we will have a picnic tomorrow, and eat the sheep.’

Nasreddin: Give Me a Coat

Nasreddin wanted to buy some new clothes, so he went to a shop. First he asked for some trousers and put them on, but then he took them off and gave them to the shop-keeper and said, ‘No, give me a coat instead of these.’

She Changed Me into a Donkey

One day Nasreddin bought a donkey in the market; but while he was taking it home, two thieves followed him. One of them took the rope from the donkey’s neck and tied it round his friend’s neck. Then he went away with the donkey.

Take My Hand

One of Nasreddin’s friends loved money very much, and never gave anything to anybody. Soon he became rich.

One day, he was walking near the river with his friends when he slipped and fell in.

You Are The Seventh

One morning Nasreddin left his house with six donkeys to go to the market. After a time, he got tired and got on to one of them. He counted the donkeys, and there were only five, so he got off and went to look for the sixth. He looked and looked but did not find it, so he went back to the donkeys and counted them again. This time there were six, so he got on to one of them again and they all started.

Looking For A Ring

Nasreddin had a shed behind his house. It had no lights in it. One night he went out to the shed to get his ladder, and lost his ring there. He left the ladder, went out into the street and began to look around.

Fighting Against A Fork

Nasreddin had an old shed. It had no windows, so it was very dark, and it full of old things.

One day Nasreddin went into this shed to get a ladder, but slipped on something and fell against a big garden fork. The fork hit him on the head and knocked him down. Then it fell on top of him and hit him hard on the left leg. The ends of the fork then went into his long beard.