The Hoja Betrayed (1950s)

[Music] [Music] in a popular coffee house not too far away from here men of the Town often gather at the noon hour to discuss news of the day over a cup of their favorite drink that elderly gentleman is our Shake who often retells the stories of nasarudin hocha and reminds us that the problems of today are by no means new ones [Music] this latest arrival is harid a young man of radical and very definite opinions scker is a stupid game you've got to be smart to keep from getting banged up oh that explains all your injuries it's just a waste of time playing with the young men soccer league then why do you play soccer harid if it does not agree with you I have my reasons offendy but you are older than the boys in the soccer league Hamid why spend so much time with them I said I had my reasons waiter Cofe now why on Earth would a confirmed radical like harid spend so much time playing ball it just doesn't make sense no no sense at all if his interest were in the game but if harid wanted to spread his radical ideas among the young ball players oh yes aend I think I see what you mean ban let me tell you a story about nasarudin HOA that may help you to understand what radicals like harid sometimes try to do the story is called the hocha betrayed and it begins in nasaden Ho's Village almost 600 years ago [Music] [Applause] [Music] in the days when the Conquering Emperor tamaran came to rule there was fear in all the villages [Music] every morning when the bright Sun lifted the safe dark blanket of night the villagers appeared to go about their daily errands just as they had always done but never knowing when the emperor's soldiers might swoop down upon them they were afraid and worried and nervous if the good people in nasar aden's Village felt any safer than the residents of other little Villages all across the land it was because under the hoer wise guidance they had taken certain precautions against sudden and unexpected visits from Emperor tamaran soldiers [Music] the [Music] [Music] a [Music] [Music] [Music] a for [Music] [Music] la [Music] [Music] a k [Music] [Music] when the alarm had been given that soldiers were coming the villagers rushed to put their families in valuables in a secret hiding place oh [Music] it was at this moment of danger that the hoer noticed a hooded dervish a stranger in the village but no one else shared nasar adin's suspicions the derish is helping us hocha anyone can see that what more do we need to know about him and there was no more time to argue n n [Music] when it appeared that the emperor's soldiers were leaving and that they were safe now the HOA turned to his neighbors Allah has been kind to us let us say a prayer of [Music] thanks but suddenly the strange der dropped his hood and stood revealed as the dread Emperor Taman himself and the hoer spoke again and second thought we had better say our prayers for the [Music] dead and as the soldiers laid ruin to their Village the hota could only draw a grim lesson for his friends in the future in time of danger we will not Overlook the Identity or loyalty of all amongst us for where we did not fall to violence we were easily betrayed and down through the years the lesson has come for us today Boran we must beware of those who disguise themselves and labor at strange tasks in order to further their own ends for while our young men might not listen to the radical ideas of Outsiders their loyalties to our country can be confused by men who appear to be just like any one of them let us hope in these troubled days none of us will be betrayed as was nasin OA [Music]