Short story: Mullah Nasruddin walks the hose, like his father-in-law does too.

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It was Saturday afternoon, at the Mullah's house, and the Mullah, feeling like that he needed some fresh air, after persuing some heavy volumes of his most favourite Sufi writer, Hazrat Inayat Khan, (1882 to 1927), thought that he should go outside of his house, into his backyard. He was thinking over this quote of this great master: "Everything in life is speaking in spite of its apparent silence." He tried to apply it to his father-in-law, and he realised that here, even the very reverse of this quote was true too. "Everything in life is speaking in spite of its apparent noise." And so, the Mullah went outside into his backyard, where he had a long concrete path there, leading from his backdoor, to his clothesline. Not looking down, he nearly tripped over the hose, lying full lengthwise, on the path, unwound. "Who is the idiot, that left this hose out like this?", he murmured to himself, under his breath. Usually, the hose is on its hose-reel, that is attached to the side of the Mullah's house. The Mullah regained his balance, and looking further along the length of the green hose, he saw his Father-in-law, at the other end of the hose. He was slowly walking along, on top of it, like a kid walking along a narrow edge. Apparently, he was squashing out the kinks, and the twists in the hose, the Mullah's wife told him, as she was outside too, watching him closely, in case he fell off the hose, I suppose, the Mullah thought to himself, amusedly. Otherwise, the hose will wear out more quickly was his idea here, she further explained to the Mullah. The Mullah scratched his head, and said, "Well, that's our old hose, anyway. I was going to toss that old hose out, into the bin, in next week's rubbish collection, anyway, anyway." (He had a habit of repeating his words for extra emphasis like this too, anyways) "We have that brand new one, waiting to be used in our garage, that we bought in the cooler months, for use now, that the temperatures are hotting up a bit too." "Let, him go, though," he more thoughtfully said, "For, after all, he does seem to be enjoying himself there, doesn't he?" And with that, the Mullah joined his father in law, and started walking along the length of the hose from his end, to try to squeeze a few old kinks out from himself too. He had realised that he had been far too serious in his own life lately, and taking a leaf out of his father-in-law's book, was just the right ticket for him here too. Photo Credit: The photo used in this article was sourced from the free media site, pixabay.com Walking the hose, became a great relaxing pastime, for the Mullah after this, not to mention the quality time spent bonding with his father-in-law, in his doing of this too.