508a

She simply LOVES money.

507c

Although she is a Sufi, the Chocolate Lady who runs that shop is just as greedy as every Swiss...!

507b

We...We were wondering how was your husband granted credit on trust at the Chocolate Shop?
Credit?!?

507a

Let's put it straight:
What is the Buzz, Folks?!?

On the Marketplace

506c

We would like to Know...
...What the Secret is.

506b

Sounds like Everybody knows Something...
...Something we do not know but ought to!?!

506a

But...What's all this BUZZ around us?!?
No Idea.

Note from the Cartoonist: Usually Lauretta and Rosetta do not wear hijab (head-cover) but every now and then they make a concession to this more traditional side of Islam. Also, this week they are quite unhappy with their last haircut... ;-)

505c

Well...coming to the Market at closing time we get good deals...
...Of course, the better the Cook the better the Soup!

505b

And our husband does not get an assignment since a long long while...SOB.

505a

These are Tough Times.
With the school that pays what it pays, it's hard to make ends meet.

Work

504c Eid Mubarak!

...Lauretta and Rosetta reach the Marketplace just when the Vendors are clearing their Stalls.

504b

After a day of grueling work teaching Art and Maths at the local school...

504a

Let's now leave the Mullah at his Workshop. We shall follow his Wives to the Marketplace.

503c

This time we can't be late!
We?!?

503b

Gasp! Only a few days left.

503a

After the musical interlude, Mullah Frögüddin sits at his drawing board...
...preparing the cartoons for the Taqshir Tiles!

Intoxication

502c

I wonder if you [the Reader] wonder what stuff we smoke?!?
None: Just God.

502b

"In hearth of fire jump he doth: become-s a moth become-s a moth"
و اندر دل آتش درآ پروانه شو پروانه شو

502a

"Thou crazy be-e thou crazy be-e"
دیوانه شو دیوانه شو

501c

"From schemes now free from schemes now free"
(حیلت رها کن (عاشقا

501b

...While his assistant provides musical accompaniment.

501a

Happy with the solution of his key-dilemma, Mullah Frögüddin sings and dances...

Eὕρηκα (Found)!

Eureka!

500c

I will make Taqshir Tiles of that poem! The Vizir will love it.

500b

Oh Yes! Yes!! Yes!!! There is a poem where Rumi says: "Become a key" (مفتاح شو).

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Rumi's poems often end with an invitation to silence.

499c

In silence our mouth is shut. To speak, we open it. Would it be too odd if I shall sculpt a Tongue?!?

499b

Christians symbolize it with Saint Peter's keys: The Golden Key and the Silver One.