The Lion, The Bear, And The Fox Just as a great Bear rushed to seize a stray kid, a Lion leaped from another direction upon the same prey. The two fought furiously…
Theft in House Theft in House It was the Midnight Theft. Theft means to take someone else’s property, either surreptitiously or by force. The house was full of merry-making…
The Goose-Girl There was once upon a time an old Queen whose husband had been dead for many years, and she had a beautiful daughter. When the…
Scientific Meeting A foreign scholar and his entourage were passing through Akşehir. The scholar asked to speak with the town’s most knowledgeable person. Of course, the townsfolk…
Act Of Kindness And Goodwill Mr. Phillips was just getting ready to leave his office and he remembered that his wife had asked him to bring 1KG of Bananas. When…
The Birds, The Beasts, And The Bat The Birds and the Beasts declared war against each other. No compromise was possible, and so they went at it tooth and claw. It is…
The Good Bargain There was once a peasant who had driven his cow to the fair and sold her for seven thalers. On the way home, he had…
Tax Collector One day, the tax collector of Akşehir and surrounding towns fell into the river. Since he didn’t know how to swim, he was about to…
The Monkey And The Camel At a great celebration in honor of King Lion, the Monkey was asked to dance for the company. His dancing was very clever indeed, and…
The Golden Key In the wintertime, when deep snow lay on the ground, a poor boy was forced to go out on a sledge to fetch wood. When…
Horatius At The Bridge Once there was a war between the Roman people and the Etruscans who lived in the towns on the other side of the Tiber River.…
The Power Of The Turban A Persian resident of Akşehir received a letter from his relatives in Esfahan. Since he was illiterate, he brought the letter to Nasreddin Hodja to…