One day Mulla Nasruddin was going somewhere when he met a man who was carrying a large milk can. The man wished Mulla Nasruddin and said, “Mullaaji, I have a problem. Would you be kind enough to provide me a solution?” Mullaa Nasruddin willingly consented to hear him out as he was eyeing his big container of milk.
The man said, "Whenever I get up in the morning, I feel intoxicated. My head spins around and I feel as if I have a hangover. I don't understand what could be the problem."
Mullaa Nasruddin asked, "Hmm! This is a serious problem, indeed! Let me think. What do you generally eat or drink before you go to sleep?"
The man said, "I drink a big glass of milk."
The Mullaa said, "Now, I have found your problem! The milk that you drink in the night causes the intoxication."
The gullible man asked, “How is that, Mullaaji?”
Mullaa explained to him, "You drink milk before sleeping. In your sleep, when you toss in your bed, the milk gets churned. It turns into butter. When butter gets churned, it turns into fat. Fat gets churned, it turns into sugar. Then the sugar gets churned and turns into alcohol. So, finally you wake up with alcohol in your stomach. Your problem is very simple. Don't drink milk! Here, give it to me." Mullaa took away the milk can from the man and walked away from there. The poor man stood there bewildered.
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2. THE CROWDED HOME
One day, Mulla Nasruddin was talking to his neighbour. The neighbour was looking so miserable that Nasruddin asked him what was bothering him. The man started to complain about the lack of space in his house and said, "It is such a small house, Mulla. And me, my wife, my three children and my mother-in-law--all have to live together in the same little cottage. It is very cramped and there is hardly any space to move around." He asked Nasruddin for some advice on how to deal with this problem.
Nasruddin said, "Do you keep chickens in the yard?" "Yes, ten of them," replied the man. "Good. Bring them inside the house and keep them there," said Nasruddin. "But, Mulla!" the man exclaimed. "My house is already overcrowded." "Just do as I say," Nasruddin replied.
The man was really very troubled and wanted to find a solution to his problem. He decided to give the Mulla's advice a try. So the man went home and brought all the chickens into the house. Next day, he went to meet Nasruddin again. He said, "Mulla, I followed your advice and took the chickens into the house. But it did not solve anything. In fact, it has made matters worse. My house is even more cramped now.
"I see," said Nasruddin. " Now take your donkey and keep it inside your house. The man did not think much of this idea but Nasruddin managed to convince him.
The next day, the man came to Nasruddin, looking very distressed, and said,"Now, it's six humans , ten chickens and a donkey inside my house. It is so crowded that one can hardly move." Nasruddin replied, "You own a goat too, don't you?" "Yes, I do," said the man. "Great," Nasruddin said. "Take it inside the house too." The man objected, "How is that going to solve anything?" but Nasruddin once again convinced him to do as he had said.
The next day, the man walked up to Nasruddin in a state of anger and distress and said, "Your plan has made our lives miserable. The house is now so crowded that we are finding it difficult to even breathe. My family is upset and everyone is complaining about the lack of space."
"Don't get so upset, friend," said Nasruddin. "Go back home and take all the animals back outside." The man did as he was told.
Next day, when the man came across Nasruddin, he was beaming. He said, "I must thank you, Mulla! Your plan has worked wonders. Now that all the animals are outside, there is enough space in the house for all the family members. Everyone is happy and content with the house now."
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3. THE MAN ON THE TREE
One day, a man climbed up a tree. While climbing up, he did not realise how tall the tree actually was and kept climbing up. On reaching the top, when the man looked down, he realised that climbing down from the tree would not be as easy as climbing up. He could not think of any way of getting down without injuring himself seriously.
He asked the people who were passing by to help him. But nobody could think of a way of bringing him down safely. Soon, quite a few people gathered around the tree and tried to help the man, but no one knew what to do. The man remained stuck on top of the tree.
Just then, Nasruddin, who was walking by, saw this scene and wondered what was going on. The people standing around the tree told Nasruddin about the situation. “Oh!” Nasruddin said, “I’ll get him down in no time.” He took a long rope and threw one end of it up to the man telling him to tie the rope around his waist.
Everyone wondered what Nasruddin’s plan was. When one of them asked him, Nasruddin replied, “Just leave it to me. It’s a foolproof plan.”
When the man on the tree had tied the rope tightly around his waist, Nasruddin pulled the rope with all his force. As soon as Nasruddin did this, the man fell down from the tree and hurt himself badly. The bystanders were shocked at this. They turned to
Nasruddin and asked, “What were you thinking? What kind of a silly plan was that?”
Nasruddin replied, “Well, once I did exactly the same thing and saved someone’s life.”
One man asked him, “Is that true?”
“Absolutely!” replied Nasruddin, “The only thing I cannot remember is whether I saved him from a tree or from a well.”
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4. ARE YOU ASLEEP
Once, Mulla Nasruddin was lying on his bed with his eyes closed when his brother-in-law approached him. ‘Are you asleep?” the brother-in-law asked Nasruddin. Nasruddin replied, “Why? What is it?”
The brother-in-law said, “I wanted a loan of three hundred dollars. I was wondering if you could lend me the money.”
Nasrudin replied, “Oh, in that case, let us return to your first question, ‘Are you asleep?’ and the answer to that is ‘Yes, I am asleep’ so go away and don’t bother me.”
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