funny book

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COMENIUS PROJECT

ESTONIA TURKEY ROMÂNIA BULGARIA

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ROMANIAN FUNNY STORIES

Păcală and Tândală

By Miron Larisa and Manea Irina

4th grade

Ion Creangă School, Iaşi, România

Păcală and Tândală were travelling around the world. One night, they

arrived in a village, but the people were already asleep.

Tândală said:

- We got here too late.

- Do you know what I think? I think we should sleep in the church.

- That’s a good idea.

- But where is the church?

- Over there, in the cemetery!

- Let’s try not to wake up the dead.

- We shouldn’t wake up the people, they must be tired.

When they got in front of the church, they heard some thieves fighting

over some gold coins. Pacala told Tandala what to do. In a coarse voice,

Tandala said:

- Well, we heard that in the church there are some thieves with a such

of gold.

- And what do you want? We want 100 gold coins for us.

- If you don’t give us the golden coins, we will bury you alive.

The thieves frose at first, and then run out of the church as fast as

they could.

Pacala and Tandala entered the church took the such of gold to sleep

careless.

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Two brothers

By Filote Patricia

4th grade

Ion Creangă SchooL Iaşi, România

Jim and Tim are two brother. They are in the summer holiday.

They live in a hotel on the thirth floor. The elevator was out of order

and they had to climb the stairs.

Tim tell Jim:

- Brother, I want to tell you something!

- Not now! Can you tell me when we get the 30th floor?

They get up.

- What do you want to tell me?

- I forgot the keys at the reception.

- What? I don’t believe you!

- Yes, I did!

They went to the reception.

- Brother, can I tell you something?

- Not now. Tell me when we arrive.

They reach the 30th floor.

- What do you want to tell me?

- I lied to you. I had the keys in my pocket!

- What? I lied to you too! The elevator was OK. I wanted to practice a

little bit of sport.

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The orange juice

By Talpalariu Alexandra

5th grade


One day I went to a park. Suddenly a boy came to me. He was selling

some orange juice. It cost fifty pence. After I bought some orange juice the

boy started dancing. He said that was the prize for those who bought some

orange juice.

He was also selling some pineapple, grapefruit and pear juice. I

wanted to see what the prizes for the other juice were. So, I also bought

some grapefruit juice. Next moment I was amazed to see how the ordinary

boy became instantly an opera singer.

I was more curious to see the other prizes. So I bought some

pineapple juice.

Next moment the ordinary boy became a clown who was doing

different tricks.

I was very curious to see what the prize for the pear juice was.

“Now it’s your turn to do the following trick”, said the boy laughing.

“What do you mean”, I said.

Well…

The next moment I was running, looking for a men’s room (toilet),

because I was too full.

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The floating mother

By Ivan Denisa

4th B grade


Sunny… hot… sand… ice-cream… beaches… sunglasses… sun beds… in

one word the summer holidays.

Last summer, my family and I spent the summer holiday in a

wonderful place called Taormina.

On a sunny day, we went to Isola Bella to sunbathe. There my father

and I started building sand castles. Meanwhile my mother was lying on a

sun bed in the sea.

While my father and I were making some sand castles, my mother

was lying down on a sun bed in the sea.

At a certain moment my father and I decided to do something more

exciting so we rented a boat for water skiing.

It was such an interesting and adventurous experience.

Suddenly I saw my mother was sleeping and floating at a certain

distance from the shore. It was pretty dangerous because she couldn’t

swim.

I started screaming: Mother, mother, be careful! You are in danger!

When she opened her eyes, she realized she was in great danger.

That moment

we decided to take

her aboard. When we

reached her she was

so happy that she told

us:”You are the angels

sent by God to save

my life!”

We laughed a

lot.

All is well when

ends well.

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An autumn happening

By Plugariu Mădălina

5th grade


It was an early autumn day. It was raining heavily. I woke up at 7 a.m.

I had breakfast at 7:15 and went to school at 7:30.

Before getting to the bus stop I slipped on a banana skin and fell.

I couldn’t go to school that’s way I returned home and changed my

clothes.

I got to school at around 10 o’clock. My desk mate asked me what

happened. I told him I was late because I

couldn’t hear the alarm clock.

He told me how he ate a banana at

the bus stop and left the banana skin on

the ground, hoping a loser would come

and slip on the ground.

I was very furious when I heard that

but I couldn’t tell him that I was the loser

who slipped on his banana skin.

The white wine

By Rusu-Popa Luca

5th grade


One morning, when I was nine years old, I woke up very early.

I was a little bit dizzy so I went to the kitchen to drink some water. I

poured some water in a glass from a green bottle. I drank three glasses and

I felt drunk. I smelt the bottle and I felt the smell of wine. I remembered my

father drank some white wine from that bottle in the evening. He told us to

take care not to think there was some water in the green bottle. I forgot and

I drank and I was a little bit drunk.

The world seemed beautiful to me. It was very funny.

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The crazy rabbit

By Agachi Ovidiu Constantin

5th grade


One day a rabbit went to the chemist’s and said:”Have you got a cake

with some whipped cream.”

The pharmacist said: ”This is a chemist’s, not a cafe.”

The second day the same rabbit went to the chemist’s and asked for

the same thing:”Please, give me a cake with some whipped cream.”

The pharmacist said the same thing:” Don’t you understand, this is a

chemist’s, not a café.”

Another rabbit came and told the pharmacist: “If the white rabbit

comes and asks a cake with whipped cream, let him buy one.”

The white rabbit came the third day and

asked for the same thing he wanted the first day:

”Have you got a cake with some whipped cream?”

The pharmacist said: ”Here you are some

cakes with lots and lots of whipped cream.”

The rabbit said:”Unbelievable, how quickly

you changed the chemist’s into a café.”

The funny monkey

By Ursu Ştefania

4th B grade


Last summer my family and I went to the zoo.

It was so hot that we decided to buy some ice-cream. I

began eating the ice-cream, when suddenly a monkey stole

it. I asked the monkey to give me back the ice-cream, but she

was making all kind of strange noises and nodded her head.

She began eating the ice-cream.

I didn’t know the monkey loved ice-cream so much.

However, now I have a funny picture in the zoo with a monkey licking

my ice-cream with appetite.

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BULGARIAN FUNNY STORIES

MARIANA’S STORY

By Mariyana Sabeva

Georgi Karavelov School, Shivachevo. Bulgaria

One of the funny stories in România was when my friend Polina fell in

the lobby of the hotel. She was sitting on the floor while we were taking

pictures.

The other one was when Tanya got lost in the mall. She was with us

and when we entered the next shop, she simply disappeared. We had been

looking for her for almost 30 minutes, and we finally found her with the

boys.

PETER’S STORY By Petar Milchev

Georgi Karavelov School, Shivachevo, Bulgaria

On the third day of our visit in Estonia we

went to the Youth Club in Kivioli, which was an

amazing place.

Next evening after the dinner we had a bit

of spare time and we went there again. Of

course, there were a lot of Estonian kids there

and we had a wonderful time. We did a lot of fun things together - some of

us played air hockey, others swam in the pool. One of the Românian kids

and I played this dancing game.

This was probably one of the best nights in my life so far. It was

simply amazing and I’ll never forget it.

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RADOSTINA’S STORY

By Radostina Kadireva


So, we were in Romania, having an afternoon walk to rest and go

sightseeing, when we stopped by this little shop for a snack. We expected

the lady who was selling the snacks to speak at least some English but she

didn’t, so we tried the “waving hands” language but with no success. So the

woman talked to us in

Romanian, we talked

to her in English, and

finally we said to each

other (in Bulgarian)

“There is no use

trying!” Then the lady

said “Just tell me what

you would like” (in

Bulgarian). We felt so

awkward at first, but

five minutes later we

all laughed at that.

TRAIAN’S STORY – The story about Tanya –

By Trayan Muchev

Georgi Karavelov School, Shivachevo,, Bulgaria One of the best stories that we had in România was with a

Bulgarian girl named Tanya. It was early in the morning .When we woke up we went to have breakfast, but one of the girls was missing. We went to her room, but the door was locked from inside. The teachers got worried. We started knocking on her door and calling her on the phone, but she didn’t hear it. We called the hotel manager and when he unlocked the door we went quickly inside. She was sleeping peacefully in her bed. Everyone calmed down, and went to have their breakfast again.

THE WRONG WAY

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By Trayan Muchev Georgi Karavelov School, Shivachevo, Bulgaria

This was the day when we went back to Bulgaria .We left Iaşi at 5

o’clock in the morning, but something had happened with our GPS. We passed 200 km on the right way and after that we got lost. We didn’t know where we were going, but we drove forward. We should have got back to Bulgaria across the bridge at Russe, but we actually came home by the ferryboat in Silistra. It was very funny.

YORDAN’S STORY By Yordan Denev


It was on the second day of our visit in Turkey. We were in a town

near Mardin. When we arrived there, they took us to a sightseeing tour.

While we were walking from the centre of the town towards a famous sight,

a member of our group got lost. And guess who he was? Mr Radev, our

principal! We didn’t notice that he was missing. When we arrived at the

sight, we discovered that he wasn’t there. Then one of the Turkish teachers

went to look for him. In about 30 minutes of investigations we discovered

him. We asked him how could it happen that he got lost and where he had

been. He answered quietly that he went to see around the town. And what if

a student had done the same?

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VALERY’S STORY By Valeri Balev


I always smile when I remember the visit in Romania.

For our group and especially for me this trip was one of the most

amazing things in my life. There (in Romania) I met very interesting people

who became my friends. Also, I learned about other cultures (Turkish,

Românian and even Estonian). Every day with those people was an

adventure. The Romanian hosts made us feel like really special people. They

showed us everything they could in that short time (4 days).

That’s everything that I can say about the tour in Romania that I had

last summer. It was a great experience for me and for everybody else, I

hope... But here is a really funny story about how we actually got there:

Before we left Bulgaria we all knew that we were going to travel by

train. Our teachers bought us tickets to Bucharest but we had to change the

train there, and catch another one to Iaşi.

The confusing situation was when one of the teachers had to go and

buy us tickets from Iaşi to Bucureşti train station, but we arrived there with

some delay. It was very funny – the whole group was running with huge

bags all around the train station! When we got on one of the trains, a

teacher from our group said that it was the wrong train…

Can you imagine fifteen people with about thirty bags running from

train to train, getting on and getting off them, and laughing all the time?

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ESTONIAN FUNNY STORIES

JUKU is schoolboy, who doesn’t want learn much, but he always

found different funny things and he is really smart, clever, sometimes

naughty.

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Teacher: Is that your ball, Juku?

Juku: Are any school windows

broken?

Teacher: No, as much as i know.

Juku: Then it’s my ball.

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Juku: Father, why banks always have bars in front of the windows?

Father: Because bank managers have to used to them step by step.

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- Juku, what you did with the money, what I gave to you to get you

drink your medicine?

- With 3 kronas I bought

candies and two gave to Priit.

- Why to him?

- To encourage him drink my

medicine instead me...

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- Juku, did you change water in the aquarium?

- No, the fish didn’t drink all yet.

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- Father, why there in the magazine was

written, that this movie is forbidden to children?

- Sit down quietly, you will see soon...

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In 3rd grade there is a Biology lesson. The teacher asks the class:

“Does anyone know why the flounder is flat?”

Juku: Because he slept with a whale.

Teacher: Juku, I will remove you from this class. Go out.

The teacher continues the lesson: „Do you know, why crab have such

bulging eyes? “

The answer comes behind the door: “Because he saw how whale and

the flounder slept together”.

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Teacher: I hope that I will never see a again crib from other students’

workbook.

Juku: I hope that too.

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- Juku, why are you coming so late in lesson?

- Yesterday you told us, that it’s never late for learning, teacher.

*

Juku is late at school again.

Teacher asking: „Why are you so late, Juku? “

„My mom lost 20 Euros cash note.

Teacher: „And how it linked with being late? “

Juku: „I stand on that in the kitchen“

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Juku is calling the airport. „Tell me please,

how long will the flight from Tallinn to Hamburg

last? “

„One moment, please“

„Thank you for answer.“

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Juku is calling at school. „Hello, I’m sorry, but Juku can’t come today at

school. He has very high temperature. “

Teacher: „ Excuse me, who is speaking? “

Juku: „My mom“.

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Juku is standing in the corridor and is trying to call the doorbell. A

polite man, who sees the little boy in trouble, pushes the button of doorbell

for him. “Thank you”, Juku said. „You’re welcome, boy“.

„Now we have to run quickly, “Juku said. „There lives a terrible

furious lady“. *

Teacher saw Juku´s socks: „ You have strange pair of socks, Juku. One

is red and one is blue. “

- Yes, they are, answering Juku. And I have one more pair like this at

home.

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Juku asks dad: “Please, buy me a drum! “

„No Juku, you will play while I’ll be working and you will disturb me.“

„No Dad, I will only play when you’ll be sleeping.“

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Juku: „Who will guess rightly how many apples I have in my bag, will

get all those three apples to himself. “

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Ats and Juku will be late at school. Teacher asks: „Why are you late,

boys? “ Juku answers: „I slept in and Ats waited me on street corner“.

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Again Juku you have bump in your head! I have told you thousand

times, don’t play with bad boys. Why don’t you join with good boys?

But mom, they don’t allow me play with nice boys...

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Juku: I have seen such baby who drinks every day elephant’s milk and

he grows every day 12 centimetres.

- Juku, I can’t believe you... What happened with this baby, how big he

grows?

- He became an elephant of course!

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Father, I saw in dream that you gave me 10 Euros...

You can keep that money, Juku, for sure.

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Funny stories of our students ***

It happened in Bulgaria. In Estonian group were 3 girls and 1 boy, so

girls were in one room and Robin got a single room. Robin warned teachers,

that he sleeps very heavy, but he promised that at least the phone he could

hear. So we left him sleeping and went in our room.

In the morning we met our teachers in breakfast and they asked

about Robin. But we didn’t hear about him anything. So teachers went to

knock at his room. His hotel room was in first floor near the breakfast room,

so we heard them knocking hard, but teachers came back and told us that

Robin didn’t answer. So they left to room and started to call him but Robin

slept as dead. We heard how the phone ringed in his room, but Robin who

slept near that phone didn’t hear. Finally, we called him to the cell phone

and then we heard how someone started moving in the room, he woke up. I

never thought that waking up can be so difficult.

Janika Hansi

X grade

Kiviõli 1 Secondary School, Estonia

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We spent a nice week in Turkey, but for us local food was totally

different. We ate kebab, baklava, pilaf, a lot of fresh salads, sipping ayran,

tea, Turkish coffee – what was really strong. But we didn’t eat many

potatoes what is the main food on Estonia. So – in the end of the week we

missed our home made food so much that we called at home and ordered

from mom potatoes and sauce. And we agreed that no one even can tell the

word kebab at least week.

But first thing what we saw in Riga on our way back home was kebab

restaurant

Karolin Urban

12 grade

Kiviõli 1 Secondary School,

Estonia

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***

It happened in our first project meeting in Bulgaria. In the Estonian

group there were 3 students: Mari-Liis, Kaarel and Elis. Elis is a really nice

girl – tall blond hair, blue eyes, 182 cm tall, she also participated at a model

work in Italy a year ago. Elis was really a big star. We had in Shivachevo a

very warm welcome. The students waited for us in national costumes, with

bread and salt and local students gave us flowers. We all got some bunches

of flowers, but Elis had all her arms full. She was greeted as movie star –

little children liked her friendly way and they wanted to take pictures with

her.

Also one Romanian boy – Marius Chichirau liked her very much. He

spent all his pocket money for toys and as he was shy he left them behind

the Elis’ door. Elis didn’t know how to tell him, that there

was no need to do that.

When we had our first project meeting in Estonia

Marius couldn’t come with the Romanian group, so Elis

sent him a small gift – some candies.

Mari-Liis Soomets

XII grade


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It happened with our teachers in Romania. There was shop named

Billa where our teachers went to do some shopping. They didn’t know right

way and so they thought that best way will be to take a taxi. It was easy to

say “Billa” and taxi took them to the right place. Our teachers Tiina and

Riina had some shopping and then wanted to go back to hotel, but they

forgot the name of the hotel and also hotel card was also missing. Then they

started to explain the taxi driver way back to the hotel. The driver didn’t

understand much and they also didn’t know a better way to explain. The

international words – centre, city government, church – didn’t help. Finally,

taxi driver called someone who knew a bit of English and then they

explained to him again and again where they wanted to go. The driver was

very patient and helpful, but because the languages were different they

didn’t understand each other. Then driver just started to drive and they

explained using the body language where they wanted to go. It was easy to

say Billa, but really difficult to explain the way back

Uku Vernik, XI grade


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It happened in Romania. Romanian teachers were invited to local TV

morning program to talk about our project. The TV leaders also wanted a

teacher and a student from different country to participate. It was decided,

that in that program will participate the Turkish teacher and me, Rauno – a

student from Estonia. Our teachers’ first choice was Kevin, but he caught a

cold and he couldn’t go. So we agreed to meet at 6.30 in the morning, but we

didn’t agree the place of meeting (or I was a bit nervous and I didn’t

remember). So i woke up and had quick breakfast and then started to wait

for our local coordinator, Juliana who had to take us to the TV station. No

one wasn’t there – it was strange, so I went outside and I started to walk in

front of the hotel. Still nobody. In same time teachers tried to find me – our

teacher Tiina looked in my room, then in breakfast room, all corridors ... It

was already 7 o’clock and then finally we found each other.

In studio I couldn’t hear much and I prepared possible answers about

what I might be asked. Then the presenter asked me: „What do you know

about Ion Creangă?“ I understood that they asked me about pretzel what we

had a day before. (in Estonian pretzel is kringel – sounded me similar). So I

answered, that we eat that, it was tasty. I saw how they started laugh – and I

get all red. That moment was terrible – I was humiliated by myself. But the

presenter explained again and then I understood the question. But it is

funny to remember that story now.

Rauno Palk

11 grade


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***

Our first project meeting was in Bulgaria. It was already second half

of October. In Estonia that time of year is quite rainy and cold. So we had

like a second end of summer – the weather was sunny and warm. And for us

the most exciting moment was when our hosts offered us grapes from their

own gardens. We ate a lot of grapes and in the end of day they gave us also

half of plastic bag full with grapes to have with us in the hotel. We ate them

all and we thought that now was enough. We were full. But it was strange

that the next day we again ate them in same amount. And also in the third

and fourth and fifth day... The grapes were so tasty. I still wonder how many

grapes people from northern countries can eat...

Kaarel Kuurmann

12 grade


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***

In Turkey´s project meeting we had 4 students, our history teacher

Tiina and headmaster, Heidi. We liked warm weather, the interesting

programme, the different culture and the warm welcome at school.

Once we had dinner and we were in good mood, waited in the dining

room for our partners and local coordinators. Suddenly something made us

laugh and we couldn’t stop. Then started to laugh our teachers and after

several moments all the Estonian group laughed. If we tried to find what we

laughed, we couldn’t – Kadri laughed how teacher Tiina laughed, teacher

Tiina laughed how Kadri laughed and the others laughed how they laughed.

But as we started once, we couldn’t stop... and we laughed at least 10

minutes. I’m sure that others didn’t understood reason our laugh, but there

wasn’t any reason at all. Just the good mood.

Kadri Lahtmaa

12 grade


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TURKISH FUNNY STORIES

A funny story happened at the airport

It is a short story about our English teacher, Isman Atay. It was time

to meet the Bulgarian group at the airport in the morning. I and my

colleague Isman waited the plane to land. Not much later, plane landed and

our guests started to get out of the airport hall. They didn’t know us but we

could guess them because they looked different from local passengers So

we directly went and tried to help them by approaching to their luggages.

They all looked very tired. The Bulgarian history teacher misunderstood the

help and thought that Isman was trying to steal her luggages and clenched

the luggages and also saying something in Bulgarian, perhaps asking for

help from her colleagues. Sooner, she understood the situation and

calmed down.

Alaadin İNAN

English Teacher

Vatan Primary School, Kiziltepe, Turkey

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Traditional stories1

~ Delicious Stew ~

One day Nasreddin Hodja bought 2 kilograms of meat from the

neighbourhood butcher. He brought the meat home and asked his wife to

cook a real nice stew for dinner.

Thus secured the evening meal, he happily headed off to his field to

work.

Hodja's wife did cook the stew but about lunch time a few of her

friends and relatives came over for a visit. Having nothing else to serve to

her guests, she served the stew. They all ate heartily and finished it all.

Hodja came home after a long day's work and asked his wife if the

stew was ready.

`Ahh, ahh! You have no idea what befell the stew.' his wife said, `The

cat ate it all.'

Nasreddin Hodja, suspicious, looked around and saw the scrawny

little cat in one corner, looking as hungry as himself. Hodja grabbed the cat

and weighed him on his pair of scales. The poor thing weighed exactly two

kilos.

`Woman,' said the Hodja, `if this is the cat, where is the stew? If this is

the stew, then where is the cat?'

1 http://www.readliterature.com/hodjastories.htm

http://www.readliterature.com/hodjastories.htm

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~ On the Roof ~

Nasreddin Hodja's old house had a leaking roof. One day the Hodja

decided to fix it. He borrowed a ladder and with great difficulty climbed up

to the roof. Just as he was setting off to work, he heard a knock on the door.

He looked down from the edge of the roof and saw a stranger in front of his

door.

Ì am up here.' Hodja shouted. When the man looked up, `What is it

that you want?' he asked him.

`Please come down,' replied the man, Ì have something to say to you.'

Hodja precariously descended down the old ladder. Once on the

ground he again asked the man what he wanted.

Àlms,' said the man, `could you spare some alms.'

Hodja thought for a second and then told the man to come up to the

roof with him. Hodja in front, the beggar behind him, both running short on

breath, climbed up the ladder. Once on the roof top, Hodja turned to the

man and said: Ì don't have any.'

~ Intermingled ~

The children of the neighbourhood were in the mood for a little

mischief. They sat by the stream and put their feet in the water. When

Nasreddin Hodja was passing by, they cried for help.

`Hodja, Hodja! Please help us.' They were screaming all at once.

Òur feet are all mixed up, we don't know which is which.'

`We cannot go home if we don't find our feet.'

`Come help us figure out which foot belongs to whom!'

Nasreddin Hodja was not going to be outwitted by children.

`Yes, I understand.' he said amiably, `That happens sometimes. But

don't worry, I know a solution.' Then he grabbed a fallen branch and got

into the water himself. He started to lash the kids about the legs. Each child

that felt the brusque touch of the twig, jumped out of the water with a

shriek and ran away.

À-ha!' The Hodja said, `You see, now you have all found your

respective feet!'

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~ First Sermon ~

On his first day as the village's imam, Nasreddin Hodja was seated on

the raised bench, preparing to give his sermon. The congregation was quite

anxious to hear what he had to say. But The Hodja didn't really have a

sermon ready.

`Do you know what I am about to tell you today?' he asked.

`No, Hodja Effendi, we don't.' they replied.

Ìf you don't know what I am going to talk about,' the Hodja said, `then

I have nothing to tell you.' And with that, he got up and left the mosque,

leaving the puzzled people behind him.

The next day, when it was the time of the sermon, Hodja was back on

his seat and the congregation curiously waiting.

`Do you know what I am about to tell you today?' Hodja asked again.

Having learned from the previous day, the people were not about to say `no'

this time. `Yes, Hodja Effendi,' they all shouted, `we know.'

`Well,' said the Hodja, ìf you already know what I am going to tell you,

then I don't need to tell it to you!' He got up and left. The people gathered in

the mosque were at a loss.

The third day Hodja came and sat down, and asked his question.

`Do you know what I am about to tell you today?' The congregation

was not going to let Hodja get away this time without giving a sermon.

Some of them replied with `yes, we do' and some of them replied with `no,

we don't.'

Ìn that case,' said the Hodja, `Those who do know should tell the ones

who do not know.' and slipped out of the mosque.

~ Difficult Case ~ Nasreddin Hodja was named the kadi of Aksehir. One day, two men

with a dispute came to him and asked him to resolve their conflict. The

Hodja listened to the plaintiff first.

`You are right!' he said when the plaintiff completed his account.

Then, the Hodja listened to the defendant.

`You are right!' he said to the defendant as well. Everyone in the room

was perplexed. One of the observers dared to protest.

`Kadi effendi,' he said, `You agreed with both of the parties. The

dispute can't be settled if you say "you are right" to both of them.'

Nasreddin Hodja considered for a moment, then he said: `You are right too!'

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~ Parrot ~

One day The Hodja was walking around in the market place. He saw a

bright-coloured bird for sale for 12 gold coins. Hodja was amazed. He

approached the crowd gathered around the bird and its seller.

`How can a bird be so expensive?' he asked the people watching the

bird.

`This is a special bird,' they explained, `it can talk like a human being!'

This gave Hodja an idea. He went straight to his home, grabbed his turkey

and brought him to the market place. He stood near the man selling the

parrot.

`Turkey, for sale, ten gold coins!' he yelled.

`Hodja Effendi, how can a turkey be worth ten gold coins?' the

shoppers protested.

`There is a bird there for 12 gold.' insisted the adamant Hodja.

`But Hodja Effendi, that bird can talk like a human being.' the people

tried to reason. But Hodja was unbending.

`And this turkey can think like a human being.' he countered.

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~ Caught in a Lie ~

One day a neighbour asked Nasreddin Hodja if he could borrow

Hodja's donkey.

`Hodja Effendi, we need a donkey for a few hours. Could I take yours?'

`I would gladly lend you my donkey, my neighbour, 'the Hodja started

his excuse, `but he is not here.'

Just at that moment the donkey's loud and long bray is heard from the

shed.

`Shame on you Hodja Effendi,' said the neighbour, `you are caught in a

lie, your donkey is braying in the shed.'

`My dear fellow,' Nasreddin Hodja was unrepentant, `are you going to

believe the word of a Hodja or are you going to believe a donkey?'

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ROMANIAN COMICS The Literature class

By Radu Burlacu,

8th grade,


To the Phisics lesson

By Cosmin Liţă,

8th grade,


27

“I speak English”

By Costel Stiharu, 7th grade, Ion Creangă School, Iaşi, România

28

To Biology class

By Cosmin Liţă,

8th grade,


Chemistry

By Costel Stiharu,

7th grade,


29

Conjugate

By Radu Burlacu,

8th grade,


The Alphabet

By Radu Burlacu,

8th grade,


30

Tradition

By Mihail Irimia,

6th grade,


At the confectionery

By Alexandra Chiraculea,

6th grade,


31

Test paper

By Cosmin Borş,

6th grade,


At Math

By Cosmin Borş,

6th grade,


32

The Geography lesson

By Georgiana Gândac

6th grade,


The Grammar lesson

By Radu Burlacu,

8th grade,


33

TURKISH COMICS

Caricatures

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CONTENTS

page

Românian funny stories ........................................................................................ 2

Bulgarian funny stories .......................................................................................... 8

Estonian funny stories............................................................................................ 13

Turkish funny stories .............................................................................................. 22

Românian comics ................................................................................................... 27

Turkish comics .......................................................................................................... 33

Coordinated by:

Românian teachers: Iuliana Asăvoaie

Anca Creţu

Loreta Mahalu

Alina Rotaru

Bulgarian teachers: Vesselina Boneva

Pavlina Dukova

Estonian teachers: Tiina Kilumets

Turkish teachers: Gülşen Varışli

Yılmaz Ekinci

Alaadin İnan

İsman Atay

funny book

Education

georgi karavelov

ion creang

estonian funny

turkish funny

bulgarian

funny stories

turkish comics

bus stop