Short Story: Mullah Nasruddin's son, Abdul, had a dream.

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Mullah Nasruddin was known far and wide for his great wisdom, and for the fairness of his character too. His son Abdul came to one day, and he told the Mullah, that he had had a dream. Abdul had dreamed that he was lost in a desert, but that he had found an oasis in there, where he then went to, and stayed in, to keep alive. There were a few people living there, who gave him water, and a feed. They told him that the next camel train was due to arrive in this way station tomorrow, and that he could go with them, and they would take him back to his parents. When the camel train arrived though, it consisted of only the one camel, and its driver. The driver told a story, that masked marauders had stolen all of his other camels, killed the rest of my cameleers, and if he had not made a run for it on this, his most speediest camel, he would not be alive today either. "You will have to wait here for another week, until the next camel train is due to arrive, and you had better hope too, that it has better fortune than which mine had," he told the Mullah's son. The son had then woken up. The Mullah told him, "The interpretation of that dream is simple enough to make for any Mullah, skilled as I am, in the interpretation of dreams." The Mullah said then, "This dream shows you not to be like the camel." "It is a poor dumb animal killed at random, stolen by criminals, bartered for by thieves, and businessmen alike." "This dream shows you that you are lazy, and that you want an easy life in an oasis." "Be like the camel, endure the sands of life, carry the burdens of life, have patience, stamina, fortitude. Work hard, and see where it might get you to in life." "Obstacles are there to be overcome, and learnt from." "But", the boy said, "This sounds good. You said not to be like the camel." "Yes", said the Mullah. "I am none of these things, which are the traits of lowliness." "The way to win in this world is to live in that oasis, and to be its Holy man, like I am." Photo Credit: The photo used in this article was sourced from the free media site, pixabay.com The camel enjoyed the break in the oasis too.