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Story from the Mulla Nasrudin Corpus MIRACLES HAVE DETAILS One day Nasrudin put a chicken to roast in his oven, and went out for a time. A local wag substituted a live chicken. When Nasrudin came back he found the house surrounded by villagers. 'Nasrudin,' they cried, 'Akram has performed a miracle. He has brought your roasting bird back to life.' The Mulla opened the oven door, looked in, and then turned to face the crowd. 'Miracles are all very well, but there are certain matters of detail. Do you think that your power to work wonders, which I freely acknowledge on the evidence before me, gives you the right to theft? You have vanished my spices and salt. Who will pay for the firewood wasted? Worst of all, you have caused my effort in preparing the fowl to disappear. ' Reload
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