"'What has happened?"

Of course it would," answered Nasreddin,

and he was old and weak,

who was always eager to know what was happening in

One evening when Nasreddin came home very late,

"My coat fell down the stairs,"

I cooked your dinner

was listening and when she heard the noise Nasreddin made as

She was so angry that she gave him a push,

His second wife was much younger than he was and

When Nasreddin's first wife died,

One of Nasreddin's

she came to his front door

"But a coat would not make so much noise!"