Theos-Talk Archives (March 2006 Message tt00042)

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Bill Meredith <meredith_bill@...> 
wrote:

> Why Not Laugh at Yourself?


One day Nasrudin found a dervish stealing figs in his orchard.
As he grabbed the fakir by the neck he shouted:
"What do you think you are doing here sheikh?"
"Nothing wrong," answered the Sufi with insolent confidence. "I am 
Allah's loving servant, feeding on the fruit of God's tree in Allah's 
garden."
"Is that so", growled the Hodja and proceeded to beat him with no pity 
but with a solid wooden stick instead.
"Wicked sinner! screamed the dervish, how do you dare rising your hand 
upon a saint? Don't you see what you are doing?"
"Nothing wrong," replied the Hodja, "Just hitting the servant of 
Allah, with the stick of Allah, under the tree of Allah, to preserve 
Allah's garden"