Early one morning, after washing Sheikh Chilli’s clothes, his mother went up to the terrace to hang the clothes to dry. A little later, the wind began blowing strongly. It was too stormy to go up to the terrace to get the clothes, so she waited for the storm to calm down. After a while, when the storm had stopped, she went up to the terrace. She was upset to see the clothes lying all around in the mud on the terrace. She said to her son, “I have brought down all the clothes, Sheikh, but your pyjamas have flown off and have fallen into the well.” She sounded quite unhappy about it. “But you should be happy, Mother,” Sheikh said. His mother wondered why. “Oh, Mother, look at the bright side. Had I been wearing the pyjamas, I would have been in the well too! So be glad that your wonderful son is safe here with you.” His mother just could not help smiling.
Flying Pyjamas
