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Subject: Another story From: Auxiris Date: 07 Mar 01 - 10:06 AM Poor Mustapha hadn't a penny to his name and so it was impossible for him to buy the least little scrap of meat to go with his piece of bread. As he was walking along, he passed by an outdoor kitchen where a man was cooking meat over an open fire. Mustapha came closer and held his piece of bread out so it was in the path of the delicious odour of the cooking meat, thinking: "Maybe my piece of bread will have just a bit of flavour that way." But the cook saw him, grabbed him by the arm---as you might do if you were trying to stop a thief, dear friends---and asked him for a dinar.
"Whatever for?" asked Mustapha, quite surprised. "Because now that you've had the pleasure of the odour of the meat I'm cooking, you'll have to pay me for it!" said the cook. The two men argued about the matter for quite some time and finally decided to go see Nasreddine Hodja to settle the dispute, who listened attentively to their story. He thought about it for a moment, took a dinar out of his pocket which he then tossed on the ground so that it made that pleasant metallic sound that money produces when it hits a hard surface. He then picked up his dinar, put it back in his pocket and said to the cook, "Did you hear the sound my dinar made?" "Of course," replied the cook. "In that case, you may keep it, as the sound of the money is a fair price for the odour of the meat." |
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Subject: RE: BS: Another story From: wysiwyg Date: 07 Mar 01 - 10:17 AM Been there! Hahahahhh!!! ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Another story From: MMario Date: 07 Mar 01 - 10:17 AM huzzah! And for those of you who may have missed them a link to other stories |
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Subject: RE: BS: Another story From: Allan C. Date: 07 Mar 01 - 10:20 AM This is among my favorite stories, Auxiris. Thanks for posting it. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Another story From: SINSULL Date: 07 Mar 01 - 10:29 PM Thanks Auxiris. I do enjoy your stories. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Another story From: katlaughing Date: 07 Mar 01 - 11:53 PM Wonderful, thank you, Aux! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Another story From: GUEST,Astorsen Date: 08 Mar 01 - 04:51 AM Wandering on the net, I found this site and this story. For those of you who collect "variants" (like viruses mutants!), here is one I heard a few eons ago in another country. it is a french variant where the equivalent of Mustapha (say PetitJean) has only one gold ecu in his pocket. The quarrel is brought in front of the lovcal judge who ask PetitJean to give him the ecu in question, makes it ring on the floor and gives it back to PetitJean. A twist to Nazzredine's story. It makes me think about some transient, immaterial goods that we pay for like music in a concert (I hear the pros booing), conferences in universities (I hear the profs roaring with fury), and beer in the bar... Any other "exotic" variant of that story, anyone? I may come back on this forum and subscribe if it is easier to find short stories like this... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Another story From: okthen Date: 08 Mar 01 - 05:42 AM dear guest Astorsen, hope you stay, in the meantime please try to find one of my favourite threads, "non-music;game for the literary minded" cheers bill |
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Subject: RE: BS: Another story From: guest(intruder-inactive) Date: 08 Mar 01 - 07:09 AM Begi and the Oracle Begi heard that the people of a nearby village had a oracle who was dictating how they should manage their lives. So he went to the village and asked the oracle... "Is tomorrow a good day to hunt?" The oracle responded by asking if Begi would give one half of all he caught, and when he told her that he would, she said... "Yes, tomorrow is a good day to hunt." So the next day Begi went to hunt with his best shield, spear and cloak and carrying some meat and palm wine. At nightfall he returned naked carrying nothing. He went to the oracle's house, and taking a spear from the wall of her, broke it. He used the head of the spear to cut a shield in half. He took half of her meat and gave it away and poured half of her palm wine on the ground. The oracle asked what he was doing and Begi replied... "I am giving you half of all I caught today." Begi cut her best cloak in half, wrapped it around himself and left the oracle's hut. After that, the people of the village guided their own lives. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Another story From: wysiwyg Date: 08 Mar 01 - 09:53 AM Astorsen, There are many ways we have been sharing stories at the Mudcat and some of them will be easier to find than others. One way to find a path into some of the longer ones is to look in the FAQ thread and see the Classic and Memorable Threads mentioned there. Also if you look at the little Quicklinks box on the main forum page, and pull it open, you'lll see an entry there for Aine's Songbook. The wonderful Aine just expanded this to include a storyteller's section, and a number of original stories are piling up in there for you to enjoy. Stories like Auxiris is sharing are coming now too-- and we are thinking how to make them easier to find. Try putting the words [Story Add] in the search box in a week or two and see what you get-- that's the new idea we are trying out to make them easier to find. Do join us-- when you do, you get a personal page within the site to exchange messages with other members, and that can be a place where people send you word of where the stories are! Welcome to the Mudcat. If I can help in any way please e-mail me. (Click HERE to e-mail me.) ~Susan |
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Subject: RE: BS: Another story From: GUEST,Astorsen Date: 08 Mar 01 - 10:35 AM Thanks for the advice and the warm welcome messages. I mostly use internet for professional reasons and contributions from me might be short and scarce. Hence my hesitation to join. But what the hell, I see that there is more to chew than stories on this site and lunch time might be proper for a short mudcat break... WYSIWYG's idea of a header looks great...I shall have to look at Aine's songbook too. Salut, JL
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Subject: RE: BS: Another story From: wysiwyg Date: 08 Mar 01 - 11:14 AM JL/Astorsen, Uh oh! Wait! Before joining, I forgot to tell you-- there is an essential piece of hardware you MUST HAVE in order to ensure full system compatiobility-- hope it's not too late! An hourglass. Some systems require an alarm clock actually. Oh, you'll run across a Mudcat Addiction thread eventually but by then it's usually too late. *G* ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Another story From: mousethief Date: 08 Mar 01 - 12:23 PM Great story, intruder! |
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Subject: Story Add From: wysiwyg Date: 08 Mar 01 - 12:26 PM I THINK if we post in each of these already-created threads with the subject line modified as I've just done, they will be findable as though they were posted with it as a prefix to the thread title itself. I THINK so anyhow. I'll test it. ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Another story From: GUEST,petr Date: 08 Mar 01 - 01:01 PM This is one that I heard as a kid. At one time Jesus and Peter were wandering in the country and arrived in a small village. They were tired and hungry and asked at the first house if they could have some food. The owner was obviously quite wealthy by the look of the house and when the mans wife answered the door she sent them away - saying she didnt want any beggars around. They went on to her neighbours house which on the other hand looked rather poor and modest. The lady who answered the door said: "We dont have very much but you are welcome to stay and eat." They were given bread and soup, and as the lady of the house didnt have much fat to put in the soup there were many tiny rings of fat floating on top. When Peter and Jesus were eating they thanked the lady and asked if she wanted anything in exchange. The lady said she was happy to help out and didnt need anything. Whereupon Jesus looked at the bowl of soup and counted the rings and several stacks of coins appeared on the table. After they left the lady of the poor house happened to run into her rich neighbours wife and told her the story. Well, the rich lady thought heres an opportunity. So the next day when she saw the two men walking by she called them and invited them in to eat. Being a wealthy woman she had a lot of fat to put in the soup. When Peter and Jesus finished eating they thanked the lady and left. As she went over to the table she found one coin, as there was only one large ring of fat in the soup. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Another story From: wysiwyg Date: 08 Mar 01 - 01:28 PM !!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Another story From: guest(intruder-inactive) Date: 08 Mar 01 - 07:53 PM petr, i'm reminded of this tale by yours...
a famous rabbi and his student were traveling, and on their travels, the spent the night in the home of a very poor couple. |