72. Nasruddin’s Ladder
Nasruddin was fond of fruit, and he was also fond of raiding his neighbor’s orchards.
One night he had just lowered a ladder into someone’s orchard in order to raid it, but the orchard’s owner caught him in the act.
“What are you doing with that ladder?” the man shouted at him.
“Are you talking about this ladder?” asked Nasruddin. “Well, to tell the truth, I’m just trying to sell this ladder.”
“You can’t sell a ladder here!” the man replied.
“I beg to differ,” said Nasruddin indignantly. “A ladder can be sold anywhere! Do you want to buy it?”
This Tale is from “Tiny Tales of Nasruddin” by Laura Gibbs. The book is licensed under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. © 2019-2022 Laura Gibbs
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