Before I proceed to the question, lets read about
Nasreddin Hodja ^_^
Nasreddin Hodja is Turkey's (and perhaps all of Islam's) best-known trickster. His legendary wit and droll trickery were possibly based on the exploits and words of a historical imam. Nasreddin reputedly was born in 1208 in the village of Horto near Sivrihisar. In 1237 he moved to Aksehir, where he died in the Islamic year 683 (1284 or 1285). As many as 350 anecdotes have been attributed to the Hodja, as he most often is called. Hodja is a title meaning teacher or scholar. He frequently is compared with the northern European trickster Till Eulenspiegel.
The many spelling variations for Nasreddin include: Nasreddin, Nasrettin, Nasrudin, Nasr-id-deen, Nasr Eddin, Nasr-eddin, Nasirud-din, Nasr-ud-Din, Nasr-Eddin, and Nasr-Ed-Dine.
The many spelling variations for Hodja include: Hodja, Hodscha, Hoca, Chotza, Cogia, Khodja, and Khoja.
Q: Do you think this story is trying to teach a lesson? If yes, what do you think the lesson is?
Nasreddin Hodja and the candle is the interesting story that I have read. This story teach us a simple lesson, first we can't make people satisfied with us every time, and second if we want to be the great person, we must think positive instead of negative thinking.This lesson are good in order to facing our life. In this story Nasreddin Hodja was an intelligent person that use his mind to control what he want to achieve,when he talk to his friend he believe that he can do it even his friend didn't believe him. After he prove to his friend what he can do, but his friend can't accept it, so Nasreddin decide to teach them.In this situation what Nasreddin do is good because he want to make them realize what he feel when they critic him. Moral of the story we should not easily fool other people, and if you think positive than you will get positive result.