The Frogs Who Wished For A King The Frogs were tired of governing themselves. They had so much freedom that it had spoiled them, and they did nothing but sit around croaking…
Recipe One day the Hodja and his friends were chatting in the coffee house. The topic was food. They were trading recipes, reminiscing how one dish…
This Was Bound To Happen Once a highly successful businessman, running a health insurance company was getting ready to go to his office. When he reached into his car and…
The Frog King Or Iron Henry In old times when wishing still helped one, there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the…
The Travelers And The Purse Two men were traveling in a company along the road when one of them picked up a well-filled purse. “How lucky I am!” he said.…
How To Ride A Donkey One day Nasreddin Hodja and his young son were on their way to the market. The Hodja was riding his donkey and his son was…
Looking At Mirror One day all the employees reached the office and they saw a big advice on the door on which it was written: “Yesterday the person…
The Fox’s Brush The King of the East had a beautiful garden, and in the garden stood a tree that bore golden apples. Lest any of these apples…
The Farmer And The Stork A Stork of a very simple and trusting nature had been asked by a gay party of Cranes to visit a field that had been…
Fur Coat One day the Hodja was invited to a feast in an important and wealthy family’s home. When he arrived, neither the hosts nor the other…
Cornelia’s Jewels It was a bright morning in the old city of Rome many hundred years ago. In a vine-covered summer-house in a beautiful garden, two boys…
Hodja And The Moonbeam Many people in the village believed that Nasreddin Hodja was a wise man. They admired his wit as they listened to his words. But some…