“Humanity is sleeping,” said Nasreddin, accused of falling asleep during a reception in the palace. “The sleep of a sage is powerful, but the wakefulness of an ordinary person brings almost no benefit to anyone.”
The Sultan was irritated.
The next day, when Nasreddin fell asleep again after a good dinner, the Sultan ordered him to be taken into the next room. Before the advisers were dismissed, the sleeping Nasreddin was brought back.
“You fell asleep again,” said the Sultan.
- No, I was awake, as always.
“Then tell us what happened while you were in the next room.”
To everyone's surprise, Mulla repeated the long and complicated story that the Sultan had told.
- How did you manage to do this?
-Very simple. From the expression on the Sultan's face I realized that he was going to tell this old story, and I decided to sleep during the story.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru