Nasreddin Smell Of Food

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A poor man eating dry bread by a cookshop is accused by the owner of stealing the savor of the food and dragged before Nasreddin to pay. The Hodja shakes a purse of coins and tells the cook to take the sound of the money as payment for the smell of the food. Moral: an imaginary debt deserves an imaginary coin. — Nasreddin Hodja