Hoja's small gift!
One day, Hojamulla woke up in the morning and thought—"Today, I must go and see the King. But how can I go without taking a small gift or an offering?"
Hoja looked everywhere in his house but could not find anything. Then, he stepped out into the courtyard. Just then, his eyes fell on a large pumpkin in the garden.
Immediately, he set off for the palace with it. But on the way, a friend asked, "Hoja, where are you going with this?"
When the friend realized he was headed to the palace, he said, "It's embarrassing to go and see the King with such a huge pumpkin. A lemon would be much better than this!"
The friend joked and walked away. But Hoja took it seriously, returned home, put the pumpkin down, and arrived at the palace with a single lemon.
That day, the King was already walking around in a fit of rage about something that happened in the morning. It was at this moment that Hoja handed the lemon to the King.
Angrily, the King threw the lemon at Hoja's head! Immediately, Hoja happily turned around, ran to his friend, and exclaimed—
"My dear friend, you saved my life! Thank you very much!"
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