One Day, the Hodja borrows a boiler from his neighbour. two days later, he returns it with a small saucepan. The neighbour looks at the saucepan and asks, ´What´s this, Hodja.

The Hodja says, "your boiler has given birth." The neighbour feels happy.

A few days later, the Hodja borrows the boiler again, but he does not give it back to its owner. The neighbour comes to the Hodja´s house and asks, "What has happened to my boiler, Hodja?"

"It died," the Hodja says.