Once, several noble gentlemen took Mulla Nasreddin with them for a walk in the garden, which was located outside the city. In the middle of this garden stood a small palace. All the walls of the palace faced open space, and since there were six doors in each wall, a total of twenty-four doors opened into the garden. One of the participants in the walk asked Mulla:
— What do you think is the most convenient time of year to live here?
“You need to live in this palace in winter,” answered Nasreddin. - Judge for yourself: in the house where I live there is only one door. When I close it in the summer, the house becomes so hot that it is impossible to breathe. And if you close all these twenty-four doors, then how can you endure the summer heat in this house?
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru