Story 1: The Tongue
Once, a chief told one of his servants to bring him the best
meat from the market. The servant brought him a tongue.
The next day the chief told the servant to bring him the
worst meat from the market. The servant brought a tongue again.
"What?" the chief said. "When I ask for the
best meat, you bring a tongue and then you bring the same thing for the worst
meat."
The servant said, "Sometimes a man is very unhappy
because of his tongue and sometimes his tongue makes him very happy."
"You are right," the chief said. "Let us be
masters of our tongue!
Story 2: Sweet Quarrels
One day Nasruddin quarrelled with his wife. He shouted at
her till she could not bear it and fled to her neighbour’s house. Nasruddin
followed her there.
The neighbors managed to placate the angry husband and
served the couple tea and sweetmeats. When they returned to their house some
time later, they began quarrelling again.
When Nasruddin began shouting at her, his wife again opened
the door to run out.
"This time, go to the baker's house," he advised.
"He makes delicious cakes."
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