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By and by it began to rain; every one rode off as usual, and this time
the Khoja among them.
The Bey, however, could not induce his horse to stir out of a foot's
pace, and when he arrived at his palace he was drenched to the skin.
"Wretched man!" he cried to the Khoja, "is it not through you that I
was induced to ride this useless horse?"
"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.
In a few minutes there passed a man, who snatched the woollen pelisse
from the donkey's back, and went off with it. At this moment the donkey
began to bray.
"O bawl away!" cried the Khoja, who had come out just in time to see his
pelisse disappear; "much good that will do."
But as it happened, when the man heard the noise he was afraid of being
caught, and, throwing the pelisse back on to the donkey, he ran away as
hard as he could.
[Illustration: THE KHOJA PRAYS.]
_Tale_ 44.--The Khoja's Left Leg.
During one very hot season there was a scarcity of water in the city.
One day, the Khoja was performing his religious ablutions: he washed
himself all over with the exception of his left leg, but before that
could be washed the water was all used up.
When the Khoja began to recite the customary prayers he stood on one leg
like a goose.
"O Khoja Effendi!" cried the people, "why do you pray standing on your
right leg?"
"I could not pray on my left leg," said the Khoja; "it has not performed
the appointed ablutions."
_Tale_ 45.--"Figs Would Be More Acceptable."
Nasr-ed-Deen Effendi had some plums, of which he resolved to make a
present to the Bey. He therefore took three of them, and putting them on
a fine tray, he carried them into the royal presence, and duly offered
them for the Bey's acceptance.
Being in a good humour, the Bey took the present in good part, and gave
the Khoja several pence in return.
After some days the Khoja thought he would take something else to the
Bey, and having some fine large beetroots, he set off as before.
On his way to the palace he met a man, who saluted him.
"What are you doing with all those beetroots?" said he.
"I am about to present them to the Bey," replied the Khoja.
"Figs would be more acceptable, I should think," said the man.
The Khoja pursued his journey, but as he went the man's words troubled
him--"Figs would be more acceptable."
At last he perceived a fig-tree by the roadside, so, throwing away all
the beetroots, he put two or three figs in their place, and having
arrived at the palace, he presented them to the Bey.
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