Anecdote

It is told that in ancient times, Juha decided to give the Sultan a wonderful gift on his birthday. So he chose to give him a cooked goose. So he brought a fat goose and slaughtered it and cleaned it well, then placed it in a pot with water on the fire, and put on it the spices and water to make it tasty, and all the goose needed so that its meat would cook. And indeed, when its meat cooked, Juha looked at it for a long time, then said: And now, oh my dear goose, the Sultan will eat you alone, with enjoyment and health. ...

The events of the story take place in ancient times, when a small merchant went to Juha to ask him for guidance on a ring maker to make a ring for him, as the price of making the ring would be cheap so he could use it in his trade. Indeed, Juha guided him to a skilled ring maker, but the price the ring maker requested was beyond the small merchant’s ability. So Juha devised a clever trick that got the merchant out of this situation, and he obtained what he wanted with ease. ...

The story’s events take place in a market of one of the cities in ancient times. A spice merchant in the market accused his neighbor, the oil merchant, of stealing his money. The case was brought to the judge for a ruling. The judge was confused between them, and the case was postponed. By chance, while wandering in the city, the judge found a group of children playing and acting out the case, with a small boy playing the role of the judge. He solved the case that had greatly confused the city’s judge. ...

There was an old woman who lived with her grandson named Salim in a beautiful village. That old woman loved her grandson a lot and was kind to him. One morning, the old woman got up and went to the kitchen and cut two loaves of bread and a large raisin, and covered it on the tray. Salim looked at the raisin and found it very shiny and said, “What is this, O my grandmother? The raisin that you feed us every day is beautiful. But this is delicious.” Then he cooled it with amazement, so the old woman looked at the raisin and held it and said to him, “What’s the matter? After all, I have not heard this word from you. I was falling from the tree a long time ago, and I ate, then I killed the wolf, and I ate the dog and then I died, and after all this effort, I turned with a face like this and am eating raisins with thanks on the floor? Did the dog come to you to bring the raisins?” ...