Parrot

One day Mullah Nasruddin was walking around in the market place.

He saw a bright-coloured bird for sale for 12 gold coins. Mullah was amazed. He approached the crowd gathered around the bird and its seller.

`How can a bird be so expensive?' he asked the people watching the bird.

`This is a special bird,' they explained, `it can talk like a human being!' This gave Mullah an idea.

He went straight to his home, grabbed his turkey and brought him to the market place. He stood near the man selling the parrot.

`Turkey, for sale, ten gold coins!' he yelled.

`Mullah, how can a turkey be worth ten gold coins?' the shoppers protested.

`There is a bird there for 12 gold.' insisted the adamant Mullah.

`But Mullah, that bird can talk like a human being.' the people tried to reason. But Mullah was unbending.

`And this turkey can think like a human being.' he countered.