Nasreddin Quilt Quarrel

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Hearing a commotion in the street one night, the Hodja wraps himself in his quilt and goes out to look; thieves snatch the quilt from his shoulders and run off. His wife asks what the noise was about. 'It was about our quilt,' he says; 'once the quilt was gone, the quarrel was over.' Moral: take away the prize and the dispute dissolves. — Nasreddin Hodja