by Sugeng Hariyanto
Where is My Cat?
Although Nasreddin was a poor man, but he was very fond of fish which were quite expensive at that time. He, however, had saved a sufficient amount of money for about three months to buy fish. Then, he went to the market to buy two kilograms of fish.
He brought them home. When he arrived home, he said to his wife, "My dear, I just bought two kilograms of fish. I will invite our friends to have dinner here. They also like fish very much. Let alone, they often invited us to eat and we haven't done so. So, cook the fish and I'm inviting them."
At about 7 o'clock in the evening Nasreddin went home with his fiends. They went to the dinning table right away. But Nasreddin was very surprised to see no fish there.
"Who has eaten up the fish?" Nasreddin asked his wife.
"Who else? It's your greedy cat," answered his wife.
Nasreddin was very ashamed with his friends. There was no fish as he had promised his friends before. At last, they had dinner with simply soup only.
After his friends went home, Nasreddin caught his cat. Then he went to a small shop nearby. There he weighed his cat carefully. It weighed two kilograms only. He seemed very confused. After he thanked the shop owner, he went home.
He said to his wife, "The fish were two kilograms. You said that they were eaten up by the cat."
"That's right," his wife said quickly.
"I just weighed the cat. It weighs two kilograms only.You said that the two-kilogram fish are inside its belly. So, where's my cat?" Nasreddin asked his wife angrily.
He brought them home. When he arrived home, he said to his wife, "My dear, I just bought two kilograms of fish. I will invite our friends to have dinner here. They also like fish very much. Let alone, they often invited us to eat and we haven't done so. So, cook the fish and I'm inviting them."
At about 7 o'clock in the evening Nasreddin went home with his fiends. They went to the dinning table right away. But Nasreddin was very surprised to see no fish there.
"Who has eaten up the fish?" Nasreddin asked his wife.
"Who else? It's your greedy cat," answered his wife.
Nasreddin was very ashamed with his friends. There was no fish as he had promised his friends before. At last, they had dinner with simply soup only.
After his friends went home, Nasreddin caught his cat. Then he went to a small shop nearby. There he weighed his cat carefully. It weighed two kilograms only. He seemed very confused. After he thanked the shop owner, he went home.
He said to his wife, "The fish were two kilograms. You said that they were eaten up by the cat."
"That's right," his wife said quickly.
"I just weighed the cat. It weighs two kilograms only.You said that the two-kilogram fish are inside its belly. So, where's my cat?" Nasreddin asked his wife angrily.
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