Tale 43.—The Khoja's Donkey brays to Good Purpose.
One day the Khoja dismounted at the door of a shop, and threw his woollen pelisse on the donkey's back till he should return. He then went in to buy sweetmeats.
In a few minutes there passed a man, who snatched the woollen pelisse from the donkey's back, and went off with it. At this moment the donkey began to bray.
"O bawl away!" cried the Khoja, who had come out just in time to see his pelisse disappear; "much good that will do."
But as it happened, when the man heard the noise he was afraid of being caught, and, throwing the pelisse back on to the donkey, he ran away as hard as he could.
Tale 44.—The Khoja's Left Leg.
During one very hot season there was a scarcity of water in the city.