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"Lose it! If I had not followed it, I'd never have gotten back home."
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School was out and little Maksood came bursting into the house crying bitterly.
"The kids beat me up, Dad. They said I have a big head."
"Now, Maksood, don't you listen to them," soothed his father, Mulla Nasrudin. "It's not true."
So, partly convinced, Maksood returned to school the next day. That afternoon the scene was repeated, and again Mulla Nasrudin repeated his words of reassurance.
"So now calm down," said Nasrudin, "because I would like you to run down to the store and get nine pounds of potatoes."
"Okay, Dad. Give me a bag to put them in," replied Maksood.
"A bag! What do you need a bag for?" asked the Mulla. "Carry them in your cap."
161.
"Oh, Mulla, do you realize it's almost a year since our honeymoon, and that glorious day we spent on the sands? I wonder how we'll spend this one?"
"On the rocks, dear," said Mulla Nasrudin.
162.
Mulla Nasrudin walked into a bakery and said: "I want a birthday cake baked for me in the shape of the letter N>" The baker nodded. "I will have it ready for you by two this afternoon. But it will cost money."
"Money is no object," said the Mulla.
At two o'clock the Mulla was back. The cake was proudly presented in all its glory, and the Mulla flew into a passion. "Not an ordinary N, you idiot," he shouted. "I want a beautiful flowing N in script." The baker said: "But you didn't say so. If you can come back at eight in the evening, I will have it for you."
The Mulla was back at eight. Another cake was presented. He looked at it critically and said: "I don't like the frosting. Could you make it with a pinker cast? I will pay for the extra trouble." "I can fix that in no time, if you will wait," said the baker. By eight-thirty he was back, and the cake was perfect. With a sigh of relief, the baker pulled a box down and prepared to package the cake. "Hold it," said Mulla Nasrudin. "I am eating it here."
163.
Mulla Nasrudin, very agitated, took his son to a child guidance clinic; the child was noisy and aggressive. The psychiatrist,
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