1 Psst! Nasrudin! Pssst! says the neighbor at the doorway; Nasrudin looks down from his roof where he's fixing some tiles and sees his neighbor in the street
Yes? Nasrudin asks
Come down, Nasrudin; I have something to say that cannot be said aloud; you must stand at the same level to hear what I have to say
2 And so Nasrudin comes down the ladder and asks his neighbor what the matter is; and the neighbor whispers: Nasrudin - lend me a 1000 dollars; I need it straight away...
Come up, says Nasrudin with no hesitation, and he climbs back up to the roof and the neighbor follows
3 Now here is something, whispers Nasrudin (once they are both seated on the roof) *that I could not say below in the street but that can be said when we are at the same height: No; now you can go