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One day the Khoja's wife, having washed her husband's gown, hung it out in the garden to dry. Now in the dusk of the evening the Khoja repaired to his garden, where he saw, as he believed, a thief standing with outstretched arms. "O you rascal!" he cried, "is it you who steal my fruit? But you shall do so no more."
"Most eminent Bey," replied the Khoja, "the beast has treated you no worse than he served me. But perhaps your Eminence did not think of taking off your clothes and sitting on them?" Tale 43. The Khoja's Donkey brays to Good Purpose. One day the Khoja dismounted at the door of a shop, and threw his woollen pelisse on the donkey's back till he should return. He then went in to buy sweetmeats.
The other two Sages followed his example, and their wisdom was for many years the light of the court of the Sultan Ala-ed-Deen. Moreover, they became disciples of the Khoja. Tale 5. The Khoja's Donkey. One day there came a man to the house of the Khoja to ask him for the loan of his donkey. "The donkey is not at home," replied the Khoja, who was unwilling to lend his beast.
The Spurting Fountain. One summer's day the Khoja had come a long way, and was very hot and thirsty. By and by he perceived a fountain, of which the pipe was stopped up with a piece of wood. "Now I shall quench my thirst," said the Khoja, and he pulled out the stopper, on which the water rushed out with vehement force over the Khoja's head, and drenched him in a moment.
On arriving in the royal presence he placed the goose before Timur the King, who, when he had examined the Khoja's gift, was exceedingly annoyed. "This Khoja is deriding me!" said he. And then in a voice of thunder he demanded, "Where is the other leg?" "The geese of our country are one-legged," replied Nasr-ed-Deen, with much gravity.
At this moment the donkey brayed loudly from within. "O Khoja Effendi!" cried the man, "what you say cannot be true, for I can hear your donkey quite distinctly as I stand here." "What a strange man you must be," said the Effendi. "Is it possible that you believe a donkey rather than me, who am grey-haired and a Khoja?" Tale 6. The Khoja's Gown.
"What are you talking about?" cried the students; "he came home with us." "He's not at home, I tell you," said the Khoja's wife. "We know that he is," said the students. "He's not," repeated the woman. "He is," reiterated the students.
By and by came the wolves, and they fell upon the Khoja's donkey, and devoured it. The Khoja watched them from the place where he was lying. "Ah, you brutes!" said he, "it is lucky for you that you have found a donkey whose master is dead, and cannot interfere." Tale 11. A Penny a Head. The Turks shave their heads and allow their beards to grow.
The pleasantries which are ascribed to him are for the most part common to all countries, but some are probably of genuine Turkish origin. To cite a few specimens: The Khoja's wife said to him one day, "Make me a present of a kerchief of red Yemen silk, to put on my head." The Khoja stretched out his arms and said, "Like that? Is that large enough?"
Next week the Khoja met a Turk driving the ox, which was harnessed to a waggon. Thereupon the Khoja took a stick in his hand, and, running after the ox, belaboured it soundly. "O man!" cried the Turk, "what are you beating my beast for?" "Hold your tongue, you fool," said the Khoja, "and don't meddle with what doesn't concern you. The ox knows well enough." Tale 30. The Khoja's Camel.
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