Before it’s Late

It was a long dry season. Most well were dry. So, Nasreddin asked his son to take some drinking water from a natural mountain. He handed a jar to his son. After that. he hit his son’s face and said, “Be careful, don’t break the jar!” The boy cried and left.

One of his neighbours knew the event. He felt a pity on the boy. He approached Nasreddin and said, “Nasreddin, your son is a nice boy. Why do you hit him?”

“In order not to break the jar,” Nasreddin answered.

“You’re not wise, Nasreddin. The jar is not broken, but you have hit your son.”

“Yo’re wrong,” Nasreddin answered, “If I hit him after he breaks the jar, as most people do, it would be very late. And it is no use to do somehing late.”