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the car back to you," the Mulla said. "I will give you seventy-five dollars' profit for it."
So the Mulla bought the car back. The next day, the mechanic was sorry he sold it and bought it back again, giving Nasrudin one hundred dollars profit. The following day, the Mulla came to buy it back, but learned that the mechanic had sold it to a used-car dealer.
"YOU DOPE! WHY DID YOU SELL IT TO A STRANGER?" said Nasrudin, "ESPECIALLY WHEN WE WERE BOTH MAKING SUCH A WONDERFUL LIVING OUT OF IT."
72.
Mulla Nasrudin was drinking too much. So much that it began to worry his friends. Finally, they figured out a plan to cure him. The plan was for one of them to dress up like a devil, with horns and a pitchfork. They planned to scare the Mulla into giving up drink.
Late one night,as Nasrudin headed home drunk, his friend jumped from behind a tree and shouted, "You will have to stop drinking!"
"Who are you?" asked the Mulla.
"I am the devil," said his friend.
"OH, YOU ARE THE DEVIL," said Nasrudin. "I AM GLAD TO MEET YOU. I AM THE GUY WHO MARRIED YOUR SISTER."
73.
Mulla Nasrudin was sitting under a tree chatting with a neighbour, when his boy came up the road carrying a chicken.
"Where did you get that chicken?" Nasrudin asked his boy.
"Stole it," said the boy.
Mulla Nasrudin turned to his friend and said proudly, "THIS IS MY BOY. HE MAY STEAL, BUT HE WON'T LIE."
74.
Mulla Nasrudin and one of his friends were lying on the green grass beside a country road. Above them was the warm sun. Birds were singing in the trees. It was quiet, restful, and a peaceful scene.
"Boy," said the Mulla, "right now I would not change places with anybody not for a million dollars."
"How about five million, Mulla?" asked his friend.
"No, not even for five million," said the Mulla.
"Well," said the other, "how about one dollar?"
Mulla Nasrudin sat up. "WELL," he said, "THAT'S DIFFERENT. NOW YOU ARE TALKING REAL MONEY."
75.
"Where have you been for the last two hours?" demanded the man's wife.
"I MET MULLA NASRUDIN IN FRONT OF THE POST OFFICE
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