One day someone said to the mullah:
- Never eat food sent to you as a gift if you do not know the person who sent it.
“Well, in that case, she will disappear,” said Nasreddin.
- Not all and not always, mullah. Let the cat try it first.
- And what?
- If the cat dies or refuses to eat, know that the food is poisoned.
This logic and practicality of the new knowledge made a great impression on the mullah.
One day he discovered a basket of grapes that someone had left at his door. He called his friend to observe the experiment. The cat sniffed the grapes and walked away.
“You can eat,” said the mullah.
“Well, the cat didn’t eat,” the friend objected.
- So what, fool, what kind of cat would eat grapes?
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru