DUCK SOUP

A RELATIVE CAME TO SEE NASRUDIN FROM THE COUNTRY AND BROUGHT A DUCK . NASRUDIN WAS GRATEFUL . HE HAD THE BIRD COOKED AND SHARED IT WITH HIS GUEST.

NOW THIS HAPPEND SEVERAL TIMES . SOON NASRUDIN'S HOME BECAME LIKE A RESTAURANT FOR OUT-OF-TOWN VISITORS . EVERYONE WAS A NEAR OR DISTANT FRIEND OF THE RELATIVE WHO GAVE NASRUDIN THE DUCK .

FINALLY, NASRUDIN WAS VERY IRRITATED . ONE DAY THERE WAS KNOCK AT THE DOOR AND A SRANGER APPEARED . IAM THE FRIEND OF THE FRIEND OF THE FRIEND OF THE MAN WHO BOUGHT YOU THE DUCK FROM THE COUNTRY , HE SAID 'COME IN' SAID NASRUDIN .

THEY SEATED THEMSELVES ATTHE TABLE , AND NASRUDIN ASKED HIS WIFE TO BRING THE SOUP .WHEN THE GUEST TASTED IT, IT SEEMED TO BE NOTHING MORE THAN WARM WATER. WHAT SORT OF SOUP IS THIS?
HE ASKED NASRUDIN. THAT ,SAID NASRUDIN, 'IS THE SOUP OF THE SOUP OF THE SOUP OF THE DUCK .