The Exploits of the Incomparable Mulla Nasrudin

Introduction . . . 11 The Alternative . . . 15 Why We Are Here . . . 16 Never Know When It Might Come in Useful . . . 18 See What I Mean . . . 20 If a Pot Can Multiply . . . 21 The Smuggler . . . 22 How Nasrudin Created Truth . . . 23 The Cat and the Meat . . . 24 There Is More Light Here . . . 26 The Fool . . . 28 Cooking by Candle . . . 29 Danger Has No Favourites . . . 30 Salt is Not Wool . . . 32 Can Good Turns Be Accidental? . . . 33 The Unsuspected Element . . . 34 The Burglars . . . 36 Eating-matter and Reading-matter . . . 37 Adventure in the Desert . . . 38 Circumstances Alter Cases . . . 40 The Food of the Cloak . . . 42 The Sermon of Nasrudin . . . 44 His Excellency . . . 45 Nasrudin and the Wise Men . . . 51 Judgment . . . 52 First Things First . . . 54 Whose Shot Was That . . . 56 The Magic Bag . . . 58 Fear . . . 60 The Robe . . . 63 Saved His Life . . . 64 Four-legged . . . 66 Quiz . . . 68 The Sign . . . 69 All Her Fault . . . 69 The Ways of Foreigners . . . 70 Burnt Foot . . . 72 Old Moons . . . 74 Letter of the Law . . . 76 The Cat Is Wet . . . 77 Sleep Is an Activity . . . 78 The Child is Father to the Man . . . 80 Every Little Helps . . . 81 Hidden Depths . . . 82 Back to Front . . . 84 Principles of Life-saving . . . 86 Unsuited . . . 87 Creeping up on Himself . . . 88 His Need is Greater Than Mine . . . 89 Caught . . . 90 But for the Grace ... . . . 91 Take After his Father . . . 92 Light the Candle . . . 94 Learning the Hard Way . . . 95 Something Fell . . . 96 The Last Day . . . 97 I'll Take the Nine . . . 98 He knows the Answer . . . 99 What a Bird Should Look Like . . . 100 The Veil . . . 101 Your Poor Old Mother . . . 102 I Know her Best . . . 104 The Secret . . . 106 Do Not Disturb the Camels . . . 107 Happiness is not Where You Seek it . . . 108 Early to Rise . . . 110 The Majesty of the Sea . . . 111 Moment in Time . . . 112 Division of Labor . . . 114 You Can't be too Careful . . . 115 All I Needed Was Time . . . 116 Cut Down Your Own Harness Intake . . . 117 At Court . . . 118 Theoretical Instances . . . 120 The Pace of Life . . . 121 The Sample . . . 122 Other People's Mail . . . 124 Why Didn't You Tell me Before? . . . 125 Supply and Demand . . . 126 The Value of the Past . . . 128 Aplomb . . . 130 Kinds of Day . . . 131 Alone in the Desert . . . 132 Maiden in Distress . . . 134 Unfair . . . 136 What Has Gone Before ... . . .137 All You Need . . . 138 Why Are We Waiting? . . . 140 The Flood . . . 141 The Omen . . . 142 Turnips Are Harder . . . 143 How Nasrudin Spoke up . . . 144 In the Midst of Life . . . 146 Awake or Asleep? 147 The Short Cut . . . 148 Change the Subject . . . 150 The Rope and the Sky . . . 151 Who am I? 152 I'd Have Shown You . . . 154 Only One Thing Wrong with It . . . 156 Duck Soup . . . 158