Koroghlu

Ali Kishi

For too many years, Ali Kishi graze Hasan Khan's herd of horses, wasting his life and days at his door, growing his beard.Every day, when the ground was light, he would mow the field, graze all day, and bring it to the public after a few hours of night. There was no place in the mountains, in the nooks and crannies of the Ali Kishi's step touched.
One day, Ali drove his horse to the river bank. The horses were grazing in the pasture on the bank of the river. Ali kishi was sitting on one side, leaning on a stone. The old grazer looked again and saw that two horses came out of the river. Ali had heard of a male seahorse, but had never seen one. The horses came slowly and mingled with the herd. After approaching the two mares, they returned again and entered the river. Ali Kishi had never seen anything like this. The mares got up quickly he commanded. But he didn't say a word about it to anyone. Some time has passed on this matter. Ali counted the months and days and did not leave the mares out of sight. Yes, just as the promise was fulfilled, the Ali kishi did not give up on the foal mares. He waited so long that mares finally gave birth. Ali fed the baby mares for two years. Until almost made them eat the oil of his eyes. Yes, mares grew up and became two years old.One day, a friend of the pasha came to Hasan Khan's house as a guest. Hasan Khan treated his friend Pasha very well. Pasha said during the conversation:- Hasan Khan, I have heard that you have beautiful thoroughbred horses, you should give me two of them first.Hasan Khan said "of course" at that time, he called Ali Kishi and told him:- Don't take your horse out tomorrow, I'll get two stallions for Pasha. As soon as Hasan Khan said this word, the mares remembered the Ali man. He got up early in the morning to raise the head of the khan, grabbed the mares and tied them to the anklets, dragged them outside.A little later Hasan Khan came to Khalkhal with Pasha. Pasha saw that two tall, thin, stubby mares were tied in the halkhal. He found out that they want to give these mares to him, he laughed and said:- Hasan Khan, I have heard that you have good stallion horses. What are these? If things get messy like this, I have a lot of them myself.Pasha's words hit Hasan Khan like an arrow. He held his face to Ali Kishi and said:- Silly old man, didn't I tell you, keep the herd? Why didn't you keep?Ali kishi said:

- Thank you Khan, I am an old man. Don't look at these mares like this. If you want your head held high, give these to Pasha.

Hasan Khan became even more enraged by the fact that Ali was speaking one-on-one. He shouted at him and said: I have the best stallion of horses in the world. What is the purpose of showing these tricks to the guest and embarrassing me?

Ali Kishi said:Thank you Khan, my goal was to hold your head high in front of the Pasha. There was no better horse than these in your herd. If you travel all over the world, you will not find such a horse.Hasan Khan got angry and said:I don't know. For up to an hour, whether on earth or on the sky, you must choose two good stallions worthy of the Pasha and worthy of my name. Now! Go, select, and bring.Ali Kishi said:- Khan, then let someone else go to choose a stallion for Pasha. There was no better horse than these days in the herd. I can't choose a bad horse, leaving a good horse instead. It would not be worthy of my name.This word made the khan too angry. He called the executioner and ordered him to cut the man's neck. Pasha was also angry. The man's last words made him angry as well. So he said: Hasan Khan, I see that your worker of the herd gives great value to these mares. I think that he was right. Then you do so. Let each of these mares appreciate his eyes.

Hasan Khan liked Pasha's words. He ordered, executioner to carve the man's eyes. Ali kishi neither listened nor raised his voice. Once ugh, he didn't. As soon as the executioner had finished his work, Ali Kishi stood up and said:

-Hasan Khan, for a person, the most important thing is eyes. You made me lose it. I rotted my soul at your door, put off a shell like a snake, turned my hair and beard white, but you, you don't know, it didn't worth it, you made me blind for a pasha. Now, at least give me these mares.