THROUGH THE BACK DOOR

One morning Nasreddin and his friends had a chat at a cafe. After a while they said that they were very hungry. 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 is very upset because they had noting 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 guests 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”.