...nor exploited.
Mullah Nasruddin found a diamond by the road-side but, according to the Law,
finders became keepers only if they first announced their find in the centre of
the marketplace on three separate occasions.
Now Nasruddin was too religious-minded to disregard the Law and too greedy to run
the risk of parting with his find. So on three consecutive nights when he was sure
that everyone was fast asleep he went to the centre of the marketplace and there
announced in a soft voice, “I have found a diamond on the road that leads to the
town. Anyone knowing who the owner is should contact me at once.”
No one was the wiser for the Mullah’s words, of course, except for one man who
happened to be standing at his window on the third night and heard the Mullah
mumble something. When he attempted to find out what it was, Nasruddin replied, “I
am in no way obliged to tell you. But this much I shall say: Being a religious
man, I went out there at night to pronounce certain words in fulfilment of the
Law.”
🙂
...nor exploited.
Mullah Nasruddin found a diamond by the road-side but, according to the Law,
finders became keepers only if they first announced their find in the centre of
the marketplace on three separate occasions.
Now Nasruddin was too religious-minded to disregard the Law and too greedy to run
the risk of parting with his find. So on three consecutive nights when he was sure
that everyone was fast asleep he went to the centre of the marketplace and there
announced in a soft voice, “I have found a diamond on the road that leads to the
town. Anyone knowing who the owner is should contact me at once.”
No one was the wiser for the Mullah’s words, of course, except for one man who
happened to be standing at his window on the third night and heard the Mullah
mumble something. When he attempted to find out what it was, Nasruddin replied, “I
am in no way obliged to tell you. But this much I shall say: Being a religious
man, I went out there at night to pronounce certain words in fulfilment of the
Law.”
🙂