One day the Khoja accompanied some men who were going a-fishing, and he became much excited in watching the sport.
Suddenly, as they cast the net into the sea, the Khoja threw himself into it.
"What can you be thinking of, Effendi?" cried the fishermen.
"I forgot," said the Khoja; "I was thinking I was a fish."
Tale 51.—A Desire Satisfied.
Nasr-ed-Deen Effendi had an old cow with horns so exceedingly broad that one could certainly sit between them if he had a mind to do so.
"I should very much like to try," the Khoja kept thinking; "I should exceedingly like to sit for once between those horns."
The notion haunted him, and he kept saying to himself, "I certainly should like it, just for once."
One day the cow came before the house, and after a while lay down.