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Stolen 63

12/7/2020

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Did this happen to you? You were stolen, you ask for help the catch the thief and the policeman... investigates you. The people of the order don’t like to deal with disorder. It’s easier to search the victim. This reminds me of a story:
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Hodja’s donkey was stolen from his shed. He rushed to complain to the magistrate of the village.

“Misfortune,” he said, “my help, my precious, my only donkey was stolen!”

“Tell me exactly how it happened!” commanded the asas bashi.

Nasreddin looked at him surprised:

“How should I know how it happened? I was not there when it was stolen!”

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    111 teaching stories of Nasreddin Hodja,the wise fool of the East

    Retold by Ioan Tenner

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