One day, Mulla Nasruddin noticed a few merchants selling small parrots for two hundred Thankas a piece. He thought, ‘If each of these small birds is worth two hundred Thankas, then my big hen is surely worth far more.’ So the next day, Mulla brought his hen to the bazaar but to his surprise, the most everyone offered five Thankas for it. He shouted, “This is unfair! Only yesterday, small birds were sold here for many times than what I am being offered for this bird.” One man said, “Those were parrots, and they are worth more than your hen because they talk, just like people.” “Nonsense,” said Mulla, “You value those birds because they talk, yet my hen here is far better.” “How so?” inquired the man. “Because,” Mulla replied, “she has many wonderful thoughts, just like people and not only that, she doesn’t bother others with annoying chatter!” Not able to argue any further, the man left quietly.
Mulla and his Hen
