Handcrafted Shoes – Mohammad Nasir Ali

Handcrafted Shoes – Mohammad Nasir Ali

A long time ago. A rich man named Ali Abu Ammuri lived in the city of Baghdad. As he had a nice house above the city, he also had enough money. Everyone in town knew him to be rich. But a foreigner who suddenly came and looked at his clothes would not have thought that the man was really rich. His neighbors would often say: Why Ali Abu will not be rich? The man does not spend a single dinar on himself. Just look at his pair of shoes, then you will understand how he got rich. That's why they kept laughing. Even the children of Baghdad laughed at Ali Abu's shoes. Why not laugh? No one would find such an old pair of shoes in the whole city of Baghdad.

Handcrafted Shoes – Mohammad Nasir Ali

Some say, he buried Ali Abu Zindagi in a pair of shoes. But how can a pair of shoes last so long? Yes, whenever Ali Abu has a leak somewhere in his shoe, he goes out in search of a cobbler. Even the cobblers of Baghdad recognized him. As soon as they saw him, they said, "Sir, don't slap him anymore, except that, buy a new pair of shoes." But Ali Abu does not listen to him. He goes to another cobbler. While walking around like this, someone might clap a hand. That is how Ali Abu Nagarai shoes became known to everyone. Even the friends started saying to each other, May Ali Abu Nagarai be your Paramayu like a shoe.

But eventually that famous shoe became the cause of Ali Abu's misfortune. One day, out on the streets of the city, he passed by a shop of glass vials and bottles. The shopkeeper saw him and said, this is Abu Bhai, there is good news for you. A foreign merchant has come to sell many vials of perfume. Beautiful colorful flowered vials. Total price is 50 dinars. If you buy it and keep it at home for a month, I will take it for at least one hundred dinars. I am sorry that I don't have a single dinar now. Who can handle the greed of such profit, it is not an easy thing to handle. Ali Abu is thinking day and night, how to raise money. So he immediately bought the colored vials and took them home. After a few days, another friend came and informed that a man had come to sell rose water in Basrai. Nice stuff but the price is really cheap. After a few days, its price is bound to double or triple. And if you fill that colorful vial and sell it, you can get four times as much. What a rose!

What a great opportunity to raise money. Communication is nice-colored vial, with rosewater in it. Ali Abu bought rose water with 50 dinars and brought it. He filled the vials with rose water and placed them carefully on a shelf by the window. This is the safest place in his house to keep bottles. Ali Abu's heart was filled with happiness after making two profitable transactions in a few days. That afternoon, he went to the city's hammam to take a bath. Just at that time, a friend of his named Omar Bin Adi was coming out of the Hammam after taking a bath. Seeing Ali Abu, he said, Assalamu Alaikum, Abu Bhai. Ali Abu immediately replied. At that time Omar noticed Abu's shoes. Seeing the plight of his rich friend's shoes, he shook his head and said, Brother Ali Abu, you are not short of money. Why don't you buy a pair of new shoes bro? No one could search the entire city of Baghdad and find a pair of shoes similar to your Nagarai shoes. Honestly, you should retire these shoes and get a new pair.

Saying this Omar bin Adi went out shaking his head. Abu just smiled without answering. After taking a bath and wearing clothes, Abu came out and found that his shoes were not kept properly. In fact, two shoes are lying on either side under a bench far away due to people's feet. Where Abu's old shoes were, lay a pair of expensive shiny new shoes. Nice shoes, also true to Abu's foot size. Abu then thought to himself, this is the work of my friend Omar. He bought me a new pair of shoes and gave me a present. That's why Omar was shaking his head. After thanking his friend, Abu put on new shoes and went home. Actually Abu's assumption is not true at all. A pair of shoes was the kazir of the city. Like Abu, he left his shoes and entered the hammam to take a bath. When he came out to change his clothes, he saw that there were no shoes there. Seeing that he shouted, what happened to my shoes?

Kazi's shoes are missing? The search was immediately successful. Searching all around finally found Ali Abu's pair of colored palms. No one was left to recognize those shoes. Who doesn't know the shoes with palms in Baghdad? This shoe does not become the poor Ali Abu. He ran away with my new shoes. If you don't catch it like this, who can think that the guy is a shoe thief? The boy should be caught and punished today. Kazi started shouting. Then he called the people and sent the old shoes to Ali Abu's house. They went and saw that Kazi's new shoes were really on Ali Abu's feet.

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