Naive Students

Mullah Nasruddin had students from out of town.
During the day he instructed them at the Madrasa and at night he and his wife accommodated them in their own home.
One evening, Mullah and his young students were returning back from a long day's study at the Madrasa.
On their way home, they saw a couple of thieves in front of a shop. One of the men was filing the lock on the door with a rasp and the other one was watching him. The students, not realizing that the two men were intending to rob the store, asked Mullah Nasruddin what they were doing. Mullah Nasruddin was in no mood to get involved with two burly robbers, but at the same time, he didn't want his students to think that he was witnessing a crime without doing anything about it. So, he decided to lie about what was going on.

`One of them is playing the guitar and the other is listening to the music.' he explained evasively.

`But Mullah, what kind of music is this?' the boys protested, `There is no sound.'

`Oh, there will be sound,' Mullah Nasruddin reassured them, `this is a special guitar, its music will be heard tomorrow morning when the shop owner returns.'