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Marash Girl's granddaughter has become enamored with the stories of Nasreddin Hodja. Hours were spent sharing these stories on the Outer Banks of North Carolina -- certainly a long way from Anatolia . . .
Her favorite follows.
When Hodja's neighbor asks to borrow Hodja's donkey, Hodja answers, "Sorry, somebody else has already borrowed my donkey." At that very moment the donkey hee-haws and the neighbor hears and says, "Eh, What do you mean? I can even hear the donkey hee-hawing!" "Well," answers Hodja, "who do you believe, me or my donkey?"
Please record your favorite Nasreddin Hodja story in the comments below!
The Sultan thought that people were lying too much and that this situation needed to be remedied.He announced that in the morning a guard would be placed at the gate to the city. The first person to arrive would be asked a question. If he answered truthfully he would be allowed to passed. If he lied he would be hanged.
ReplyDeleteOf course the first person to arrive at the gate was Mullah Nasruddin. The guard asked;
"Where are you going?"
Nasruddin repleied; "I am going to be hanged".
The guard said; "That is not true".
Nasruddin replied; "Then you must hang me."
The guard said; "That is true."
Nasruddin said;"Yes, that is your truth."
Timurlane wanted give himself titles. He asked Nasruddin; "What you do think.."The Glory of God, the Fruition of God ect, ect.
Finally Nasruddin said; "How about Auzibillah God Forbid."
There are over 350 Nasruddin stories. Widener library has a number of editions in Turkish, Farsi and Arabic. There is an old Spanish edition "Cuentos de Yeha" that all the the Nasruddin stories in one volume. I'm going to get it out again.
Marko Pasha
(Mark Berg)