Once, when Nasreddin was a boy, his mother went out for a picnic. Before
she went, she said to him, ‘Nasreddin, whie I am away, stay near the door, and
watch it all the time.’ She said this because there were a lot of thieves in
their town.
Nasreddin sat down beside the door. After an hour one of his uncle came. He
said to Nasreddin, ‘Where is your mother ?’
‘At a picnic,’ he answered.
‘Well,’ said the uncle, ‘We are going to visit your house this evening. Go
and tell her !’
His uncle then went away, and Nasreddin began to think. ‘Mother said,
“Watch the door all the time !” and uncle said, “Go and tell her”!’
He thought and thought, then at last, he pulled the door down, put it on
his back and went to his mother with it !