Editing Nasreddin (section)

=== Examples ===
==== The Sermon ====
:Once Nasreddin was invited to deliver a [[sermon]]. When he had gone up into the [[Minbar|pulpit]], he asked, ''Do you know what I am going to say?'' The audience replied ''"no"'', so he announced, ''I have no desire to speak to people who don't even know what I will be talking about!'' and left.
:The people felt embarrassed and called him back again the next day. This time, when he asked the same question, the people replied ''yes''. So Nasreddin said, ''Well, since you already know what I am going to say, I won't waste any more of your time!'' and left.
:Now the people were really perplexed. They decided to try one more time and once again invited the Mullah to speak the following week. Once again he asked the same question – ''Do you know what I am going to say?'' Now the people were prepared and so half of them answered "yes" while the other half replied "no". So Nasreddin said ''Let the half who know what I am going to say tell it to the half who don't,'' and left.<ref>Many written versions of this tale exist, for example in {{Cite book |last=Kelsey |first=Alice |url=https://archive.org/details/oncehodja00kels |title=Once the Hodja |publisher=David McKay Company Inc |year=1943 |url-access=registration}}</ref>

==== Whom do you believe? ====
[[File:Nasr Eddin Hodja statue in Bukhara Liab -i-Haouz complex.JPG|thumb|Nasreddin Hodja in [[Bukhara]]]]
[[File:Harikalar Diyari Nasrettin Hoca 05981 nevit.jpg|thumb|Nasreddin Hodja in [[Ankara]]]]
:A neighbour came to the gate of Hodja Nasreddin's yard. The Hodja went to meet him outside.
:"Would you mind, Hodja," the neighbour asked, "can you lend me your donkey today? I have some goods to transport to the next town."
:The Hodja didn't feel inclined to lend out the animal to that particular man, but, not wishing to appear rude by simply saying "no", he answered:
:"I'm sorry, but I've already lent him to somebody else."
:All of a sudden the donkey let out a loud bray from behind the wall of the yard.
:"But Hodja," the neighbour exclaimed. "I can hear it behind that wall!"
:"Whom do you believe," the Hodja replied indignantly, "the donkey or your Hodja?"<ref>Widely retold, for instance in {{Cite book |last=Shah |first=Idries |title=The Sufis |title-link=The Sufis |publisher=Jonathan Cape |year=1964 |isbn=978-0-86304-074-0 |pages=78–79 |author-link=Idries Shah}}</ref>

==== Taste the same ====
:Some children saw Nasreddin coming from the vineyard with two baskets full of grapes loaded on his donkey. They gathered around him and asked him to give them a taste.
:Nasreddin picked up a bunch of grapes and gave each child a grape.
:"You have so much, but you gave us so little," the children whined.
:"There is no difference whether you have a basketful or a small piece. They all taste the same," Nasreddin answered, and continued on his way.<ref>A similar story is presented in {{Cite book |last=Shah |first=Idries |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780863040405/page/60 |title=The subtleties of the inimitable Mulla Nasrudin |publisher=Octagon Press |year=1985 |isbn=978-0-86304-040-5 |edition=Reprinted. |location=London |page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780863040405/page/60 60] |url-access=registration}}</ref>

==== Nasreddin's ring ====
:Mullah had lost his ring in the living room. He searched for it for a while, but since he could not find it, he went out into the yard and began to look there. His wife, who saw what he was doing, asked: "Mullah, you lost your ring in the room, why are you looking for it in the yard?" Mullah stroked his beard and said: "The room is too dark and I can't see very well. I came out to the courtyard to look for my ring because there is much more light out here".<ref>{{Cite web |title="Did You Lose the Keys Here?" "No, But the Light Is Much Better Here" {{!}} Quote Investigator |url=https://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/04/11/better-light/ |last=garson |date=11 April 2013 |access-date=2017-03-02}}</ref>