81
An old man died and left his son a lot
of money. But the son was a foolish
young man, and he quickly spent all the
money, so that soon he had nothing left.
Of course, when that happened, all his
friends left him. When he was quite poor
and alone, he went to see Nasreddin, who
was a kind, clever old man and often
helped people when they had troubles.
'My money has finished and my friends
have gone,' said the young man. 'What
will happen to me now?' 'Don't worry,
young man,' answered Nasreddn.
'Everything will soon be all right
again. Wait, and you will soon feel much
happier.' The young man was very glad.
'Am I going to get rich again then?' he
asked Nasreddin. 'No, I didn't mean
that,' said the old man. 'I meant that
you would soon get used to being poor
and to having no friends.'
82
A sign outside a barber's shop said:
COME IN TOMORROW FOR A FREE HAIRCUT.
Fred saw it, and went back the next day
and asked for his free haircut. "'Can't
you read?" said the barber. "It says
come back-tomorrow!"
83
"DID you sell any of your paintings at
the art show?"
"No, but I am encouraged," he replied.
"Somebody stole one."
84
Two guys were walking through the
jungle. All of a sudden, a tiger appears
from a distance, running towards them.
One of the guys takes out a pair of
'Nikes' from his bag and starts to put
them on. The other guy with a surprised
look on his face exclaims,' Do you think
you will run faster than the tiger with
those?' His friend replies: 'I don't
have to out run it, I just have to run
faster than you.'
85
There once was a flood and everyone had
reached safety except for one man. He
climbed to the top of his house with the
water lapping at his feet. A helicopter
flew over his head and hung down a rope
for him to climb, but the man was deeply
religious and said, "It's all right! The
Lord will save me!" So the helicopter
flew away. The water continued to rise
and a boat came to him ,but once again,
the man shouted, "No! Go AWAY! the Lord
will come and save me!" and once again,
the boat sped off. The water was getting
dangerously deep by now so the
helicopter came back and, on cue, the
man repeated, "I don't need saving! My
Lord will come." Reluctantly, the
helicopter left. The rain continued to
pour, the water continued to rise and
the man drowned. At the gates of heaven,
the man met St. Peter. Confused, he
asked, "Peter, I have lived the life of
a faithful man - why did my Lord not
rescue me?" St. Peter replied, "For pity
sake! He sent you two helicopters and a
boat!"