Cleverness

It is told that a cobbler named Asfour lived in the ancient city of Baghdad, and he had a wife named Jarada. She reminded him every day of his poverty and his inability to provide a more comfortable life for her. One day, while Jarada was walking in the market, she saw a lady wearing a luxurious robe, her fingers adorned with diamond rings, pearl necklaces hanging from her chest, gold earrings dangling from her ears, and a group of beautiful maidservants walking around her. ...

The mighty lion lived in the big forest, and he would go out every day to catch and kill many of the forest animals, to eat them and satisfy his hunger. So the animals felt fear from the king of the forest, the mighty lion, as he would eat many of them every day. One day, the animals decided to gather and go to the mighty lion, to talk to him about that problem and try to find appropriate solutions for it. So the animals went to the lion’s den, and the lion gathered with them. ...

The events of this story take place in a distant time. At that time, Juha was sitting in his house feeling extremely bored from sitting alone in the house without his wife, who had traveled in the morning to her parents’ house. At that time, one of the thieves believed that there was no one in the house and sneaked into his rooms until Juha sensed him and decided to hide in a large box. ...

In the beautiful forest, the rooster lived in happiness and joy, and living near him was a cunning fox living in a burrow. One day the cunning fox looked at the rooster and kept thinking of a trick to be able to catch that large rooster. The rooster, standing on the tree, felt strange movements and suspicious sounds coming from behind the tree, and he felt that some danger was approaching him. So the rooster made a big jump and stood on a high branch of the tree, and the cunning fox appeared. ...

There was a smart sheep standing at the edge of the river, waiting for its owner, when it was surprised by the fox grabbing it and saying: “Finally, you have fallen into my hands, oh sheep. I will eat you immediately and leave nothing of you.” The sheep thought of a trick that would save it from the fox and save it from the death that had become imminent. It imagined itself and the fox devouring it, and its body shuddered. ...

There was a lion always in the company of a fox. One day, the lion was severely wounded in a fierce battle with an elephant, after which he could not walk properly. However, he was no longer able to search for prey. There was no food in his cave. Days passed without food. The fox said: Oh master, I cannot serve you because I have become very weak. I have not eaten for several days. The lion answered: Oh my companion, can you not find an animal that I can kill even in my current weakness, so that we can be nourished by it, you and I, otherwise we will die of hunger. ...

It is told that one day, Juha was traveling. During his journey, a severe storm blew. Juha feared that harm might befall him and began looking around for shelter. Juha’s eyes fell on a rural house at a distance from him, so he headed to that house and knocked on its door, asking: Is anyone here?! The rural house: The owner of the house opened the door for Juha and asked him what he wanted. Juha said to him: A storm has blown, and I want to take shelter in your house until the storm subsides. The owner of the house said to him: Welcome. The owner of the house lived with his wife in this house, but he was very miserly. He would not give a loaf of bread or a drop of water to a needy person. ...

In ancient times, there was a king who lived in a large palace. In front of his palace was a small shop belonging to a young tailor. The king was bothered by the presence of this small shop in front of his palace. He felt that this shop disfigured the beauty of the palace, and he wished for the shop to be removed from its place. But he feared that the people of the kingdom would blame him and say that he had wronged a poor man and deprived him of his shop and source of livelihood. ...

One day, the kind duck went out carrying a strange bag in her hand that could contain everything inside it, anything, whether big or small. The duck walked every day in the street carrying her strange bag and saying: I am a duck and I have feathers. Who will give me a piece of bread? While the duck was searching for food in the street, she found a bag full of money and gold. The duck called out loudly: Whose money is this? Who has lost their money? A dishonest man heard her and coveted the money. ...

In one of the forests where animals live in complete peace, the deer and the rabbit were close friends. While the deer was enjoying drinking water from the river, suddenly the rabbit jumped beside the deer, trying to hide, and kept shouting: This is scary, this is scary. The deer turned to him and asked: What is wrong with you, oh rabbit? You seem afraid. The rabbit said: Did you not hear the sound of gunfire? It is the hunter, he is close to here. ...