One day Nasreddin Hoja went to his neighbour's house to borrow a bowl for a day or two. "Hoja! What are you going to do do with this bowl?"
"I need it. Don't ask me!"
Four days passed and Hoja had still not returned the bowl. The neighbour went to Hoja Nasreddin's house and asked,
"Hoja! What's happened to my bowl?"
"I'm sorry I forgot."
The very next day, Nasreddin Hoja returned two bowls; the original bowl with a smaller one inside. He explained to the delighted neighbour that the first bowl had given birth to the second bowl.
A month later, Nasreddin Hoja asked the neighbour if he could borrow two bowls. The neighbour immediately agrees – hoping for more bowls.
But again Nasreddin Hoja fails to return the bowls, so the neighbour asks if he can have his bowls back. But this time Nasrettin Hoja explains that tragically both bowls have died.
The neighbour is angry. "How can a bowl die?" he asks.
"You believed it when a bowl gave birth," said Nasreddin Hoja . "Why don't you believe it when a bowl dies?"
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