One day Mulla was returning from the market to the village. No matter how much he urged the donkey, it could barely move its legs. Then Mulla smeared turpentine under his tail. The donkey ran like crazy. He did not run, but flew like a bird.
Mulla was convinced that he would not be able to catch up with the donkey, and smeared himself with turpentine... Having come to his senses, he saw that he was already in his village, and suddenly realized that his affairs were bad - he could not stop. Mulla ran straight to his yard. Bursting in like crazy, Mulla shouted to his wife:
- Wife, I’m dying! Hold me, otherwise I will destroy all the walls here!
The wife rushed after Nasreddin. No matter how much she ran, she could not catch up with him. Finally, Mulla took a bottle of turpentine from his pocket and threw it to his wife:
“Wife, I see you should also smear yourself with turpentine, otherwise you won’t catch up with me...”
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru