it was fruit season. Almost all people at the country planted fruit trees.
So did nasreddin. He had a lot of grape trees. Hi picked two basketful of grapes and wanted to sell the grapes to the market. He put the two baskets on his donkey and brought them to the market
it was a very hot midday The market was still far before him. he stopped and had a drink in a foot stall nearby, than several men with several donkeys bringing grapes came and took a rest at the same foot stall. After having lunch, they fell asleep, Nasreddin did not fell asleep. seeing the men were sleeping he went out, he began taking out some grapes from the men's baskets and putting them into his.
suddenly one of them woke up and saw him. he shouted, "What are you doing"
"oh, i'm half mad. sometimes i do strange thing and do not know what i am doing, "said he"
really..? then why don't you sometimes take grapes from your basket and put them into our basket..? "asked the man angrily. Meanwhile the other men woke up. they approached nasreddin. nasreddin was afraid
"you don't understand me. i said i am half mad, not tottally mad. so . i still can differentiate which one are my baskets and which ones others. but i cannot differentiate where are others baskets if mine are there also


