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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.
"Are the decrees of the future less veiled from this man than from me, who am a Khoja?" said Nasr-ed-Deen Effendi to himself, and he made the man no reply, but chopped on. In a few moments the branch gave way, and the Khoja fell to the ground. When he recovered himself he jumped up, and ran after the man who had warned him. "O you fellow!" cried he. "It has happened to me even as you foretold.
"One penny less to pay than you expected," said the Khoja. Tale 35. The End of the World. Now Khoja Nasr-ed-Deen Effendi had a lamb which he brought up and fattened with much care. Some of his friends were very desirous to get hold of this lamb and make a feast of it. So they came to the Khoja and begged him earnestly to give up the lamb for a feast, but the Khoja would not consent.
Then the Sultan Ala-ed-Deen was full of wrath, and he said, "Is this my kingdom, and am I the ruler of it; and is there not indeed one man of my subjects wise enough to answer the questions of these unbelieving Sages?" And his servants replied: "There is indeed no one who could answer these questions, except it be Khoja Nasr-ed-Deen Effendi."
"It is the effect of your Majesty's wonderful drumsticks," replied the Khoja. "If you were to eat one of them, you yourself would undoubtedly become four-legged." Tale 47. The Khoja Rewards the Frogs. Khoja Nasr-ed-Deen Effendi had been riding his donkey for some miles. It was very hot, and the Khoja dismounted to ease his beast.
Suddenly, as they cast the net into the sea, the Khoja threw himself into it. "What can you be thinking of, Effendi?" cried the fishermen. "I forgot," said the Khoja; "I was thinking I was a fish." Tale 51. A Desire Satisfied. Nasr-ed-Deen Effendi had an old cow with horns so exceedingly broad that one could certainly sit between them if he had a mind to do so.
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