LiteratureAct 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…
LiteratureThe 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…
LiteratureThe 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…
LiteratureTax 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…
LiteratureThe 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…
LiteratureThe 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…
LiteratureHoratius 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.…
LiteratureThe 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…
LiteratureThe Leap At Rhodes A certain man who visited foreign lands could talk of little when he returned to his home except for the wonderful adventures he had met…
LiteratureGrace Darling It was a dark September morning. There was a storm at sea. A ship had been driven on a low rock off the shores of…
LiteratureStudent Learns Of A Greed A student asked his teacher, “What is Greed?” The teacher said, “In order to answer your question, go through the chocolate factory next to our…
LiteratureThe Secret Of The Fiddle Once upon a time, there lived a lad who was so unhappy he could barely speak because he loved the girl who lived next door.…