2. He is a cabbage
All the man in the tea shop were criticizing a certain man named Abdul.
They all said that he was just a good for nothing vagabond.
One of the leading men of the town spoke up and said:
- That man is a cabbage.
Everyone nodded in agreement except Nasreddin Hodja.
- That's not true, friend. A cabbage can at least be cooked and eaten and used by the body. But of what use is Abdul?
One day a friend visited Hodja and said:
- Hodja, I want to borrow your donkey.
- I'm sorry, replied Hodja, but I've already lent it out to someone else.
As soon as he said this, the donkey brayed.
- But Hodja, I can hear the donkey! It's in the stable!
Shutting the door in his friend's face, Hodja told him with dignity:
- A man who believes the word of a donkey above my own, doesn't deserve to be lent anything!
교회의 부흥회에서 자주나오든 이 예화도 결국 Nasreddin의 예화였고요.
Delivering a sermon