THROUGH THE BACK DOOR

One morning Nasreddin and his friends had A chatat a cafe. After a while they said that they were very hunry. Soon Nasreddin invited them to have breakfast at his house half on hour later. Then Nasreddin went home. at home Nasreddin told his wife that he had invited his friends to come and have breakfast there. His wife was very upset becouse they had nothing to cook.

“Why did you invite them to have breakfast here? We don’t have anything to cook,” his wife complained. “Sorry, I didn’t remember it.” Said Nasreddin. Then they saw from a distance that Nasreddin’s friends were coming. He went out through the back door and hid behind the house. A moment later the giest knocked at the door. His wife opened the door and said that Nasreddin was out. “but I saw he was here just now’” said one of the guests. Nasreddin’s wife was so confused that she could not answer. Nasreddin heard it. He felt a pity on her. Then he said through the back window, “You are right, but I can go out through the back door, though.”

SAVING THE MOON
Nasreddin was walking home alone. The evening was coming and it was getting darker. Nasreddin thought it was the time for a moslem to take a pray. So he looked for some water to wash his face. Unfortunately, he only found a well near the street.

He looked into it to see whether there was any water. He was very surprised to see that the moon was there. Actually, it was the shadow of the moon. He thought that the moon was lost in the well. And, therefore, he thought it was very dangerous becouse the night would be completely dark. “I have to save the moon,” he thught, “If I don’t, it will stay there and the whole world. Will be dark this night.”

Then he looked for a pole but he could not find any. Instead, he only found a long rope. He held one end of the rope and dropped the other one into the well. “Hold the rope firmly and I will pull you up,” he said. Unfurtunately , the rope got entangled with a big stone In the bottom of the well. So, Nasreddin had to work hard to pull the rope up. He thought that he pulled the moon/ He could hardly pull the rope with the stone. When the stone was about to come near the lip of the well , it feel down again to the bottom of the well. Becouse he lost his balance, Nasreddin fell backward with the rope in huis hands. At that time he saw the moon was shining in the sky. Nasreddin smiled happily and said, “Finally I can save you. Now the wholw world will not be dark any longer.”