One night, Mulla Nasruddin was invited to the royal palace for dinner. The Sultan asked Mulla if he enjoyed the stew. “It was fantastic!” replied Mulla. “Really?” said the Sultan. “I thought it was pretty bad.” “Yes, it was quite awful!” said Mulla. “You just said it was fantastic a few seconds ago,” remarked the Sultan. Mulla explained, “I live in and serve the town of the Sultan, not the stew.” The impressed Sultan gave him a bag of gold coins. While returning, Mulla heard an Indian bragging, “In India, we’ve huge palaces with hundreds of rooms.” Mulla shouted, “We’ve palaces that are over 5,000 metres long and…” And as he spoke, another Indian came by. “…And 200 metres wide,” Mulla finished. The first Indian replied, “I’ve never heard of a building with proportions like that.” “It would’ve been much wider if your friend I was talking to earlier hadn’t come back in the middle of my description!” explained Mulla.
Mulla and the Palace
