One day Khoja Nasreddin had a strong quarrel with his neighbor and shouted:
- I curse you! May you fall in 40 days and may you break your leg!
The neighbor was heading home and suddenly fell so badly that he broke his leg.
They carried him home and put him to bed. Writhing in pain, he asked his family to go to Nasreddin and beg him to come to him. Nasreddin has arrived.
“Forgive me,” said the neighbor. “I didn’t know your curse was so powerful.”
“My curse has nothing to do with this,” Nasreddin answered with dignity. “You broke your leg yourself, on the same day, without any curse.” Remember when I said, “In 40 days”? So, in 40 days, my curse will take effect, and you will break your other leg.
With these words Nasreddin left.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru