Editing Nasreddin (section)

==== 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>