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00674--Mulla Nasrudin Stories-127





The stranger was talking in the tavern.
"For fifteen years," he said, "my habits were as regular as clockwork. I rose exactly at six. Half an hour later I was at breakfast. At seven I was at work. I had lunch at one, and supper at six, and was in bed at nine-thirty. I ate only plain food, and didn't have a day of sickness during all those years."

"MY," said MullaNasrudin who was listening to the story, "AND WHAT WERE YOU IN JAIL FOR?"