The reactions of other people to jokes and tales can be unexpected and very useful: Nasrudin was riding along on his donkey when it shied because frogs in a pond ahead began loudly croaking.

一些人对于玩笑和故事的反应有时会是出人意料，而且是非常有益的：纳斯·鲁丁一路骑着一头正战战兢兢的毛驴，因为前面池塘里的青蛙开始大声呱呱乱叫。

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With such diverse sound effects and samples as frogs croaking, children playing, side walk preachers preaching, and a New York subway door closing, The Education of the Individual Soul is tied to both nature and to everyday urban life, giving it the qualities of a sort of ethereal and mystical modern-day fairytale.

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