Hoja with a miserly man!
In the land of Hoja, there lived a very miserly man. He had amassed all his wealth by lending money at exorbitant interest.
Because of this, Hoja was never able to get any money as a loan from him. Consequently, Hoja always considered the miserly man his enemy.
One day, that rich man's goat got its head stuck inside a pot. Seeing the goat struggling desperately to pull its head out, people said, 'Sir, if you smash the pot, the goat's head can be taken out.'
The man replied, 'I bought that pot from the market by paying money, so I must somehow get the goat's head out without breaking the pot.'
Just then, the people suggested, 'Sir, Hoja might be able to solve this using some clever trick.
And so, Hoja arrived there. He took out the knife from his waist and cut off the goat's neck! Then, he angrily smashed the pot! Hoja then took only the goat's head and handed it to the miserly man. The miser was so distressed by the loss of both his pot and his goat that he collapsed!"
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