The Merchant and
the Parrot

Product Description

This is a story from the Masnavi, written by Molavi. There is a wily tailor in town who always cuts out and keeps some parts of the customers’ cloth for himself. A young man decides to give him some valuable cloth but prevent him from stealing any of it — but he finds this harder than expected. The tailor tells him some jokes, and every time the young man starts laughing, the tailor cuts a piece of precious cloth for himself. When the young man asks for another joke, the tailor replies, “That’s enough for today, or your outfit will be too tight for you.”