People came running to Mulla to say that his mother-in-law had fallen into the river.
“She will be carried out to sea, because there is a very strong current here,” they shouted.
Without hesitating for a moment, Nasreddin dived and swam upstream.
- Not there! - everyone shouted. - Swim downstream! Only in that direction can a person be carried away.
“Listen,” Mulla answered breathlessly. “I know my wife’s mother.” If everyone is carried downstream, then we must look for her upstream.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru