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One day the Bey sent this message to the Cogia, 'Come, I intend to play the jerreed with you, for I wish to have a little jerreed playing. Now the Cogia had an old ox, which, saddling immediately, he mounted, and rode to the place where they played at the jerreed.
In the time of Cogia Nasr Eddin Efendi, three priests, who showed themselves versed in every kind of learning, travelling through the world, at last came to the country of the Soldan Ala Eddin.
At these words, Ali Cogia presented the vase to the Caliph, and uncovered it. The Caliph took one of the olives, tasted it, and ordered the expert merchants to do the same. They pronounced the olives good, and fresh that year. The boy informed them that Ali Cogia declared it was seven years since he had placed them in the vase; to which they returned the same answer as the children had done.
One day the boys of Belgrade took the Cogia along with them into the bath. They had secretly brought in their pouches a number of eggs.
In order to dispose of the merchandise, when he had thus amassed them together, he took a warehouse, which happened to be opposite to Cassim's, which Ali Baba's son had occupied since the death of his uncle. He took the name of Cogia Houssain, and, as a newcomer, was, according to custom, extremely civil and complaisant to all the merchants his neighbors.
One day the son of the Cogia said, 'O Father, I know that I was begotten by you. His mother becoming very angry, said, 'What nonsense is the brat talking that he calls himself the son of a whore? Said the Cogia, 'O wife, don't be angry, he is a wise son if he knows what he says he does. Once on a time there was a drunken Governor of Siouri Castle.
'If you were to carry him some figs instead, said the individual, 'he would like it better. The Cogia instantly went and procured a few pounds of figs, which he carried to the Bey, who ordered his attendants to fling them all at his head. Some of the figs striking the Cogia's head, he forthwith began to cry out, 'Thank God, thank God! 'How is this, Cogia? said they.
Cries the Cogia, 'Now is my time! and mounting, he took his seat betwixt the ox's two horns. Presently, however, the ox, rising upon his legs, flung the Cogia upon the ground, where he lay for some time quite senseless. His wife coming and seeing him lying motionless, began to lament.
'O Cogia, said the people, 'why do you beat the ox; how can he be in fault? 'All the fault is his, said the Cogia, 'if he had taught him the calf would have known how to turn. One day as the Cogia was travelling in the Derbend he met a shepherd. Said the shepherd to the Cogia, 'Art thou a faquir? 'Yes, said the Cogia.
She wished to see what manner of man it might be, and to this end, when she had finished what she had to do in the kitchen, she helped Abdalla carry up the dishes. Looking at Cogia Houssain, she knew him at first sight, in spite of his disguise, to be the captain of the robbers, and, scanning him very closely, saw that he had a dagger under his garment.
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