One day, the Mulla was talking to a man from another town. The man lamented, “I am rich, but I am also sad and miserable. I have taken my money and am traveling in search of joy. But alas, I have not found it.”
The Mulla grabbed the man’s bag and ran off with it. The man chased him, but the Mulla (we didn’t know he was once a track star!) was soon out of sight. Leaving the bag in the open road for the man to find, Mulla hid behind a tree.
When the man finally caught up, he found his bag, and laughed and jumped, and danced a little celebratory dance; his mood transformed from distress to joy.
The Mulla thought, “That’s one way to bring joy to a sad man.”