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The Mullah rode back from Konya as fast as he could, impatient to break the news. Once in Aksehir, he headed straight to the market and cried out for everyone to hear: "The King talked to me! He talked to me even as we met for the first time!" The villagers were quite impressed. Everyone run to spread the word. "Timur talked to our Mullah!" Only the village idiot remained with the excited Nasrudin. "Tell me Hodja" he asked, "How did such a thing happen? What did the King say to you?" "It was most unexpected. I was quietly riding my donkey by the big fountain in Konya when suddenly, a party arrived on horseback and Tamerlane the Padishah told me with a great voice: "Get out of my way!"

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