St Peter Drowning CC J. Jaritz |
A flock of villagers stretched out helpful hands and shouted interrupting each other:
“Your hand!”
“Come, reach out! Let me have your hand”
“Give me your hand! Quick!”
All this, to no avail. The taxman kept thrashing around, choking and splashing, more and more exhausted.
Now Nasruddin held out his arm and shouted:
“Take my hand, Kassim!”
The man instantly grabbed the hand and was pulled out of the water. To the amazed audience, the Hodja explained the obvious fact:
“Did you ever see a taxman giving? They only know taking.”
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