Nasruddin and the Tax Inspector

Week after week, Nasruddin would load the saddlebags of a donkey with straw and cross the border.
The tax inspector at the border was baffled. "What's with the straw?" he asked. "Are you some kind of smuggler?" But he never found anything in the straw.
Nasruddin smiled and said nothing.
Years later, the inspector ran into Nasruddin by chance. "From your fine clothes, I can tell you are a rich man," he said. "Maybe you will tell me now what you were smuggling across the border that has won you such wealth."
Nasruddin smiled and said, "I was smuggling donkeys."

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Inspired by: Mulla's Donkey and Other Friends by Mehdi Nakosteen
Notes: This story is on p. 9 of the book. The story also appears in The Sufis by Idries Shah, free to read online at the Idries Shah Foundation.