Money
matters
Mulla Nasrudin's
daughter came home and she said she was pregnant and the richest man of the
town was the father
of the unborn child. Mulla Nasrudin was, of course, mad. He rushed with his gun
towards the rich man's
house; he forced the rich man into a corner and said, "Now you can breathe
your last, or if you have any prayer
to say to God, say it!"
The rich man
smiled and he said, "Listen, before you do anything neurotic. Yes, I know
your daughter is pregnant by me
-- but if a boy is born I have kept one lakh rupees in the bank for the boy. If
a daughter is born I have kept
fifty thousand rupees in the bank for the daughter."
Mulla took his
gun away and said, "Sir, if something goes wrong, if there is a miscarriage
or something, are
you ready to give her another chance?"