One day a man came to the Khoja and became his guest for the night.
When they had had supper they lay down to sleep.
After a while the light went out; but the Khoja was lazy, and pretended not to observe it, for he did not want to get up.
"Khoja! Khoja!" cried the guest.
"What's the matter?" said the Khoja.
"Don't you see that the light's gone out?" said the guest.
"I see nothing," said the Khoja.
"It's pitch dark," complained the guest: "do get up and see if you have a candle in the house."
"You must be mad," replied the Khoja; "am I a cat? If it is really as dark as you say how can I possibly see whether I have got any or not?"