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One day Nasreddin's donkey was ill, so he borrowed a horse
from an officer. It was a big, strong animal, and usually no-
body rode it except the officer. It tried to throw Nasreddin
off, but he stayed on it. Then it suddenly began to run away
with him. He tried to turn it towards his house, and he tried
to stop it, but it continued to run the opposite way.
One of Nasreddin's friends was working in his field and
saw him riding very fast towards this friend's house. He
thought, 'Why is Nasreddin riding so fast? Perhaps he has
some bad news. Perhaps he is riding to my house to give me
some bad news!'
He was frightened and shouted to Nasreddin, 'Nasreddin!
Nasreddin! What is the matter? Where are you going?'
'I don't know!' Nasreddin shouted back. 'This stupid
animal hasn't told me!'
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