One Day The Hodja...~ The Kiss ~

[Doğan Can Çiçek]

~ The Kiss ~

Nasreddin Hodja was the kadi at the time. One day a woman and a man
came to him to receive his judgement on their dispute. The woman was
the plaintiff.

`Kadi Effendi,' she addressed the Hodja, `I was on the street walking
to the grocery store, when this man, a total stranger, approached me
and, to my shock and dismay, he kissed me! I want justice.' Nasreddin
Hodja agreed with the woman.

`Good woman,' he said, `you will have justice. I authorize that now
you kiss him and take your revenge.'