Nasruddin agreed to pay a porter one dinar to carry his sack of purchases home, but he later realized he'd given the porter the wrong address.
Nasruddin was at the market a week later and saw the porter still carrying his sack, so he hid behind a grocer's stall.
"Who are you hiding from?" asked the grocer.
"The porter I hired to carry my sack," Nasruddin replied.
"I don't understand," said the grocer.
"He's been carrying that sack for seven days, which means I now owe him seven dinars, but the contents of the sack aren't worth half that much!"
Inspired by: Mulla's Donkey and Other Friends by Mehdi Nakosteen
Notes: This story is on p. 123 of the book.
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