DESTINY IS KIND OF ME

One day Nasreddin went out of town. His wife washed his coat while she was waiting for him. She finished washing it at the afternoon, but Nasreddin had not come yet. Then his wife hung the coat on a rope in the front yard. When the evening came she forgot to take the coat.

At about 7 o’clock Nasreddin came home. Because he was very tired, he went to bed soon after having dinner. At midnight he woke because he heard something outside. He peeped out to see what was going on. Suddenly he was very surprised to see a shadow on the front yard. The moon light made the shadow just like a man. Nasreddin thought that it was a thief.

He took his old rifle quickly. After he loaded it with some bullets, he aimed at the shadow carefully. A shot was heard, the shadow jerked and fell down. Nasreddin was very glad because he shot the shadow accurately. He shouted happily and so loudly that his wife woke up.

“What’s wrong?” asked his wife.

“There was a thief near the fence. He wanted to break into our house. So I took my rifle quickly and shot him. But, don’t worry, he’s dead. Now, just sleep again. Tomorrow we will bury the corpse,” Nasreddin answered. The next morning, they got up early and went to the yard. They saw neither corpse nor drops of blood there. They only found Nasreddin’s coat that was washed by his wife the day before lying on the ground.

Nasreddin took it and examined it. There was a shot hole on the coat. He showed it to his wife.

“My wife, destiny is really kind of me. Imagine if I was inside this coat, I should have died already and you must have been a widow, now,” said he sadly.