Mornings16 Oct 2018 06:56
"Once, in a tea shop, some soldiers were boasting about a few of their recent victories. The local people were gathered around them, listening eagerly. 'And I took my double-edged sword and charged the enemy fearlessly!' said one. Then there was a loud round of applause. 'Oh, that reminds me,' remarked Hodja, 'of the time I cut the leg off an enemy on the battlefield. I cut it right off!' 'Sir, it would have been better,' replied the captain of the solders, 'to have cut off his head.' 'Of course, I would have. But somebody else had already done that!'"