Abu Sayyah answered: "I'll drive you there."

"Thanks — we have our own car."

He paid them the sum, which one

of them stuffed into his pockets without troubling to count it, and they left the café at a trot, one on the heels of the other.

Abu Sayyah smiled a happy smile and began gazing proudly at the two tires, feeling them over with his fingers in admiration. After paying his bill he rushed out with

his treasure to where his car stood — and in the light leaking from the café door, Abu Sayyah discovered that his car's two rear wheels were resting on the ground without tires!!...

(From the English)