Nasreddin Hodja Is Rescued The Moon

One night the Hodja looked into his well and saw there the reflection of the full moon. “Oh no!”

he exclaimed. “The moon has fallen from the sky and into my well!” He ran into his house and

returned with a hook attached to a rope. He then threw the hook into the water and commenced to pull

it up again, but it became stuck on the side of the well. Frantically the Hodja tugged and pulled

with all his might. The hook suddenly came loose, and the Hodja fell over backwards, landing flat on

his back. Scarcely able to move, he looked up into the sky and saw the full moon above him. “I may

have injured myself in doing so,” he said with satisfaction, “but at least I got the moon back

into the sky where it belongs.”