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HOW THE HODJA SAVED ALLAH 1
BETTER IS THE FOLLY OF WOMAN THAN THE WISDOM OF MAN 13
THE HANOUM AND THE UNJUST CADI 23
WHAT HAPPENED TO HADJI, A MERCHANT OF THE BEZESTAN 29
HOW THE JUNKMAN TRAVELLED TO FIND TREASURE IN HIS OWN YARD 35
HOW CHAPKIN HALID BECAME CHIEF DETECTIVE 43
HOW COBBLER AHMET BECAME THE CHIEF ASTROLOGER 52
THE WISE SON OF ALI PASHA 65
THE MERCIFUL KHAN 73
KING KARA-KUSH OF BITHYNIA 77
THE PRAYER RUG AND THE DISHONEST STEWARD 80
THE GOOSE, THE EYE, THE DAUGHTER, AND THE ARM 84
THE FORTY WISE MEN 89
HOW THE PRIEST KNEW THAT IT WOULD SNOW 103
WHO WAS THE THIRTEENTH SON? 107
PARADISE SOLD BY THE YARD 120
JEW TURNED TURK 126
THE METAMORPHOSIS 130
THE CALIF OMAR 138
KALAIDJI AVRAM OF BALATA 140
HOW MEHMET ALI PASHA OF EGYPT ADMINISTERED JUSTICE 144
HOW THE FARMER LEARNED TO CURE HIS WIFE: A TURKISH AESOP 148
THE LANGUAGE OF BIRDS 153
THE SWALLOW'S ADVICE 156
WE KNOW NOT WHAT THE DAWN MAY BRING FORTH 158
OLD MEN MADE YOUNG 161
THE BRIBE 165
HOW THE DEVIL LOST HIS WAGER 169
THE EFFECTS OF RAKI 172