Cogia Nasr Eddin Efendi had a lamb which he had fattened to a high
degree. One day some of his friends having assembled, said, 'Let us get
the lamb from the Cogia and feast upon it.' So coming to the Cogia as
quick as possible, they said, 'O Cogia, to-morrow is the Day of Judgment;
what would you do with this lamb? Come, take it, and let us eat it.' The
Cogia, however, would not believe them. Coming again, however, they said
the same thing, and the Cogia, at last believing their words were true,
slaughtered the lamb, and, taking it on his back, he carried it to the
public walk, and, lighting a fire, he began to prepare a roast.
Presently, stripping their bodies, they delivered their clothes to the
Cogia, and each went aside to sleep. Whereupon the Cogia, taking their
garments, flung them all into the fire and burnt them. In a little time,
their bellies becoming hungry from the sleep they had had, they came
again, and saw that their garments were nearly reduced to a coal.
Whereupon they said to the Cogia, 'Who burnt our clothes?' 'My dear
friends,' replied the Cogia, 'to-morrow is the Day of Resurrection, so
what need can you have of clothes?'

One day a thief, entering the house of the Cogia, laid hold of everything
there was there, and, placing it on his back, went away. The Cogia,
however, spying somebody going out, followed the thief, who went into his
own house. The Cogia following close behind, pushed against him at the
door. Whereupon the thief said, 'What do you want, Cogia Efendi?' 'What
do I want?' said the Cogia. 'Why, are we not going to remove hither to-
day?'

One day certain individuals stole from the Cogia a sum of money,
whereupon the Cogia said, 'O Lord, what need have you that you give my
money to others.' So he made a dreadful outcry, and going into the