One day a friend of Hodja's took some grains to grind at the mill. After grinding them, he loaded them on his donkey and started home. Near Hodja's house, his donkey began limping and fell. He called Nasreddin Hodja and said, " Give me your donkey so I can take my bundle home."
Hodja had taken an oath that he would not give his donkey to anyone, so he said, "I don't have a donkey." But then a donkey's bray was heard.
The man said to Hodja, "You have a donkey but you said you didn't."
Nasreddin Hodja replied, "You are a strange and stupid friend. Even though we have been friends for fifty years, you don't listen to me, but you listen to an ass."
