Nasruddin’s neighbor once came by to ask if he could borrow his donkey for an unexpected errand. Nasruddin obliged, but the next day the neighbor was back again—he needed to take some grain to be milled. Before long he was showing up almost every morning, barely feeling he needed a pretext. Finally, Nasruddin got fed up, and one morning told him his brother had already come by and taken the donkey. Just as the neighbor was leaving he heard a loud braying sound from the yard. “Hey, I thought you said the donkey wasn’t here!” “Look, who are you going to believe?” asked Nasruddin. “Me, or some
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