Clothes on the Rooftop
A newly married couple moved into a rented house. One morning, while having tea, the wife looked out the window and noticed clothes hanging to dry on a neighboring rooftop. She immediately commented that the clothes looked very dirty, remarking that the neighbors probably did not know how to wash their laundry properly. The husband heard her words but did not respond. After that day, almost every morning when she saw the clothes drying outside, the wife repeated the same complaint. She criticized the neighbors and even began to imagine that if their clothes were so dirty, the people living in that house must be careless in other ways, too. About a month later, the wife looked out the window and was surprised. The clothes on the neighboring rooftop looked completely clean and bright. She wondered aloud if someone had finally taught the neighbors how to wash clothes properly. At that moment, the husband smiled and told her the truth. He explained that early that morning, he had clea...