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others also with heart and soul embraced the true faith, and the whole
three became servants and disciples of the Cogia.
Nasr Eddin Efendi one day placed three plums upon a great table and set
out in order to carry them as a present to the Bey. On the way the plums
chancing to dance on this side and that the Cogia said, 'I will now eat
you until I leave one to dance by itself.' So the Cogia ate two of the
plums, and carrying one upon the table, placed it before the Bey, who
being very much delighted with the plum which the Cogia brought,
presented him with a great deal of money. The Cogia went home, and a few
days after, taking a number of beetroots, set out again in order to carry
them to the Bey. As he was going along he met an individual, who said to
the Cogia, 'To whom are you carrying those things?' 'I am carrying them
to the Bey,' said the Cogia. 'If you were to carry him some figs
instead,' said the individual, 'he would like it better.' The Cogia
instantly went and procured a few pounds of figs, which he carried to the
Bey, who ordered his attendants to fling them all at his head. Some of
the figs striking the Cogia's head, he forthwith began to cry out, 'Thank
God, thank God!' 'How is this, Cogia?' said they. 'Why do you thank
God?' 'I was bringing a great quantity of beetroots,' said the Cogia,
'but meeting an individual on the road, he advised me to bring these
instead.
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