Author: Shahrukh Husain
Painter/Illustrator/Animator: Shilpa Ranade
Publisher: Scholastic
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 97
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8176555703
Description
In a small town somewhere in the Middle East Mulla Nasruddin.
Mulla Nasruddin was famous for being a bit odd. He reacted to the follies of his fellow men and to the challenges of daily life – be it catching a runaway basket or celebrating the birth of a pot – in a manner that people found strange. But most wise men agreed that beneath the apparent foolishness of Mulla Nasruddin was a keen perception that cut straight to the truth.
This collection of twenty-five tales contains all the fun and wisdom that make the stories of Mulla Nasruddin so widely read and well loved.
Contents
Introduction
The Heart of a Candle
Don’t Do as I Say
Earthly Glory
Mind Who Sees You
What is Equal? Who’s the Fool?
The Uses of Wisdom
The Honourable Coat
Up and Down
Upholding the Law
The Greater Need
Where there is Light
Tricking the Mulla
The Fruit of the Tree
The End of the World
Let the Turban Speak
Strange Town, Strange Ways
Fair Exchange
The Eternal Duck
The Runaway Basket
New Clothes
Dying to Keep
The Life of a Pot
The Rules of the Game
The Donkey’s Lord