Every culture has "trickster" tales. Sometimes the trickster is a person; sometimes an animal. As we chuckle at someone else's foolishness, these teaching stories help us see our own foolishness.
Here's one of many stories from ancient Persia that features the trickster Nasraden.
One evening a passing villager came upon Nasraden on his hands and knees busily looking for something below a street lamp.
"What are you looking for?" asked the villager. "I dropped my keys and I'm trying to find them," Nasraden replied without looking up. "Maybe I can help you," said the villager, and he, too, began to search diligently on the ground.
Fifteen minutes passed with both men working steadily, but still no keys. Finally, the villager stopped. "Where exactly do you think you dropped them?" he queried. "Oh," Nasraden replied, "I lost them in the kitchen, but the light is much better out here."
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