Do you ever wonder why walnuts grow on mighty trees and pumpkins on delicate vines?
My old friend the Hodja pondered this question one day when he sat in the welcome shade of a large walnut tree. It made no sense to him – why a delicate walnut needed a vast strong tree on which to grow and the fat lush pumpkin grew on a delicate vine close to the ground. As he began dozing, a walnut fell on his head and woke him. He immediately began praising nature’s wisdom as he thought of what might have happened to him if the tree under which he sat grew pumpkins instead of walnuts.