One hot day Hodja lost his donkey and went to market on foot. He was confused, and lost his way to the market, and wandered around all day. Exhausted, he finally went to an inn for a rest, and asked the innkeeper, “Please innkeeper, show me a bed!”
When he got into bed he stretched out with his feet on the pillow and his head at the foot of the bed. The innkeeper noticed and remarked, “Hodja, you laid down in the reverse direction—you should put your head on the pillow!”
“No, not at all! My feet are innocent. All my troubles I suffered at the hands of my head.”