Nasreddin  story2

Nasreddin had lost his donkey. He was going about looking for it everywhere, and while he was looking, he was singing gaily.
   One of his neighbours saw him and said, 'Hullo, Nasreddin. What are you doing?'
   'I am looking for my donkey,' answered Nasreddin.
    'Don't  you know where it is?' asked the neighbour.
   'No, I don't.'
   'Then why are you singing so gaily? Usually when somebody loses something, he is sad.'
   'Yes, that is quite true,' answered Nasreddin. 'But you see, I am not yet sure that my donkey is lost. My last hope is that it is behind that hill over there. If you wait a little, you will hear how I will cry and complain if it is not there!'