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Nasreddin Hoja was standing in a field when a passerby quizzed him, asking what the people in the next village down the road were like.

“Well, what did you think of the people in our village?” he asked the stranger.

“Block-headed, lazy, stupid and rude, if you must know,” replied the traveler.

“That’s probably how you’ll find them in the next village, too,” said the Hoja.

A little later, another passing stranger struck up a conversation with Nasreddin Hoja. He too asked what the people in the next village were like.

“How did you find the people in this village?” countered the Hoja again.

“Warm-hearted, smiling, gentle and hospitable,” answered the stranger.

“Then that’s how you’ll find them in the next village, too.”