Nasruddin acts hospitably when his good friend is standing on the doorstep with a fine-looking rabbit in hand. Hassan is invited in and a feast is prepared. A stream of visitors interrupt the evening meal on a succession of nights, saying they are the friend of the friend Hassan etc. So Nasruddin...

A story from Ethiopia. Woharia tricks a merchant into parting with all his goods in return for a ‘goat well’. A well that produces goats. When the merchant realises he has been tricked he goes to find Woharia and gets his camels and goods back. But kind hearted he gives Woharia a camel.

When disease kills a shepherd's sheep, his neighbour and friend, a farmer gives him some land. One day the shepherd finds a pot of gold. When the farmer refuses to take it they go to the wise man. Here, a student suggests making a garden for the poor. The young man goes to the city to buy plants ...

The blind man goes hunting with his brother-in-law, a hunter. The hunter asks the blind man questions and is amazed at his ability to use other senses to keep them from danger. When the hunter tries to take advantage of the blind man, he is caught out and learns from his mistakes. They become fri...

Once a hungry jackal fell inside a pot of blue dye. The jackal turned blue and the animals thought he was the king of the animals. Then one day when the jackal was looking at the moon and howled. When the animals heard this they knew he was just an ordinary jackal. The rain poured down his colour...

Nasruddin borrowed a cauldron from his neighbour. When he returned it, he did so with a small pot saying the pot had given birth. When the greedy neighbour lent Nasruddin a pot again he expected another pot. Nasruddin told him the pot had died. ”That’s not possible, a cauldron cannot die!’ said t...

A father finds a clever way to teach his young son how to control his anger and transform it into understanding.