138. Sottisier, Nr. 30.
139. Sottisier, Nr. 34. In einer entsprechenden serbischen Erzählung (S. 110) sagt Nasreddin: »Es ist genug, daß sie (die Zwiebeln) tagsüber wachsen; was einer hat, soll er bewahren, und was mir gehört, soll bei mir bleiben.«
140. Sottisier, Nr. 36.
D’Herbelot ( Orientalische Bibliothek, Halle, 1785 ff., I, S. 524) erzählt ähnliches von Bahlul, dem Hofnarren Harun al Raschids; nach D’Herbelot steht die sicherlich verdorbene Schnurre bei Flögel, S. 172.
Eine hübsche Variante bringt Kuka, S. 192:
In Ispahan there was a madman who, standing in the bazár, used to beat the passers-by, saying »Why don’t you all take one side of the road?« As he would not listen to reason, and as using force against him was out of the question, owing to the Persians regarding a madman as one rapt in Divine ecstasy, a wise man advised the men to bring forward another madman to argue with this one. This was done; and when the first madman asked the above question to the passers-by, the other replied, »You know, the earth is like a shield floating on water. If all the people were to go on one side, that part would become too heavy, and the earth would be overturned.«
Strange to say, this reply satisfied the first madman, and he gave up annoying the passers-by.
141. Sottisier, Nr. 37.
Vgl. oben die Nrn. 49, 46, 66, 121 und 382.
142. Sottisier, Nr. 42; Serbisch, S. 37.