United States or Comoros ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
He then replaced the olives and returned to his wife. "My wife," he said, as he entered the room, "you were quite right; the olives are rotten, and I have recorked the vase so well that Ali Cogia will never know it has been touched." "You would have done better to believe me," replied the wife. "I trust that no harm will come of it."
Ali Baba's son was, from his vicinity, one of the first to converse with Cogia Houssain, who strove to cultivate his friendship more particularly. Two or three days after he was settled, Ali Baba came to see his son, and the captain of the robbers recognized him at once, and soon learned from his son who he was.
Filled with misgivings, Ali Cogia tilted the jar and emptied out the rest of the olives so hastily that they rolled all over the floor, but not a single piece of gold was there. The merchant was dismayed. He could scarcely believe that Abul Hassan would rob him of his money, and yet there seemed no other explanation.
One day the Cogia set about making a stable under the earth. As he was digging, he got into a stable of one of his neighbours, in which he found several oxen. The Cogia, very much rejoiced, went into his house, and said, 'O wife, I have found a stable of oxen; a relic of the times of the Caffirs. Now what will you give me for bringing you this piece of good news?
Cogia Efendi, now at rest with God, having been made Cadi, two individuals came before him, one of whom said, 'This fellow nearly bit my ear off. The other said, 'Not so: I did not bite it, but he bit his own ear. The Cogia said, 'Come again in a little time and I will give you an answer. The men went away, and the Cogia, going into a private place, seized hold of his ear.
Whereupon the Cogia going softly up to him, said, 'Brother, don't take that thick thing; it is too short for a turban; you can't bring it to a point. One day an individual coming to the Cogia said, 'Something for my good news, Cogia Efendi. You have a son born to you. 'If I have a son born to me, said the Cogia, 'I owe thanks to God, but what do I owe to you?
One day the Cogia's wife, in order to plague the Cogia, boiled some broth exceedingly hot, brought it into the room and placed it on the table. The wife then, forgetting that it was hot, took a spoon and put some into her mouth, and, scalding herself, began to shed tears.
The story goes, one of the stories of a hundred, that Cogia Nasr Eddin Efendi one day ascending into the pulpit to preach, said, 'O believers, do ye not know what I am going to say to you? The congregation answered, 'Dear Cogia Efendi, we do not know. Then said the Cogia, 'What shall I say to you until you do know? One day the Cogia ascending again into the pulpit, said, 'O Mussulmen, do ye not know what I am going to say to you? 'We do know, they replied.
Said one, 'It is nigh your house. 'Nay, my good friend, said the other, 'it is nearest to your house, so you must go and take it up. So they got into a dispute; and not being able to settle it, they went before the Tribunal. Now it happened that the Cogia had come that day to pay a visit to the Cadi, and sat beside him.
The Cadi asking what they came for, the Jew said, 'This man took from me so many altoons and now he denies having done so. The Cadi looked in the Cogia's face, whereupon the Cogia said, 'My Lord, I asked in prayer of the Most High a thousand altoons, which He gave.
Word Of The Day