Yeki Bud Yeki Nabud

Yeki Bud Yeki Nabud is a collection of short stories written in 1921 by Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh. Its publication made Jamalzadeh a major figure of Persian literature.
The literal translation of the phrase Yeki Bud Yeki Nabud is One Was There and One Was Not There, or There Was One and There Wasn't One, alluding to an indefinite time and place. Opening a story by Yeki Bud Yeki Nabud prepares the hearers or readers that what they are about to hear or read is not necessarily true.