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Vocabulary: Basketful

Nasreddin the Wise Man

Dec 29, 2020

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Genre: Comedy

Setting: Medieval

New Vocabulary: Basketful, Equally, In that case, No reason, Precious, Stroke, Sunlight, Train (animal), Truly, Vineyard, Wise

Word Count: 941

Original Author: Middle Eastern Myths

So today’s story is actually a collection of six short folk tales and they’re all about a funny character called Nasreddin. So, Nasreddin is a character who appears in folk tales in many parts of the world. He mainly appears in stories in the Middle East and Europe, mainly Eastern Europe, and he’s known by many different names.