Must not the
kid have become an old goat?'
One day whilst the Cogia was holding an oration at the Castle of Siouri,
he was contradicted by the Soubashi or Superintendent. Shortly after, it
happened that the Soubashi died and was buried; whereupon they said,
'Come, Efendi, preach a sermon over him.' 'You must find some one else,'
said the Cogia. 'He won't mind my words, for he always contradicts me.'
One day two men were sitting together in a shop before their houses,
engaged in discourse. Their houses abutted upon each other, and it so
happened that a dog came and deposited his dirt on the ground in the
middle of the street before their houses. Said one, 'It is nigh your
house.' 'Nay, my good friend,' said the other, 'it is nearest to your
house, so you must go and take it up.' So they got into a dispute; and
not being able to settle it, they went before the Tribunal. Now it
happened that the Cogia had come that day to pay a visit to the Cadi, and
sat beside him. Said the Cadi to the Cogia, 'Do you decide upon their
dispute.' Thereupon the Cogia said to them, 'Is not that street a public
way?' 'It is,' said they. 'Then,' said he, 'one half of the perfumery
belongs to you two and the other half to the Cadi.'
One day the Cogia put a yoke upon a calf which he had; the calf ran here
and there.
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