Hoca folded his legs, sat down in front of the sultan’s palace and proceeded to shout in the evening breeze, with the resounding tone of the muezzin calling to the prayer:
“All your questions answered, Inshallah! Whoever you are, I answer your questions! Any questions. The pure truth! One hundred silver dinar for two questions of your choice! Your questions answered, Inshallah!”
The sultan himself distracted by this noise came out and when Nasrudin was in his presence, asked:
“ Hodja, isn’t one hundred dinar shamelessly too much?”
“Yes Padishah, replied Nasrudin. And what is your second question?”
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