Nasruddin dresses as a dervish. He meets a yogi and a priest. Nasruddin begs for alms while they find lodging. How to divide the four pieces of baklava? Nasruddin wants the fourth piece because he gathered alms. Priest says he should get it as member of proper church. Yogi says he eats only every few days, so it should be his. They will sleep and see who has the best dream. At dawn, they compare dreams. The yogi dreamed he was on Mount Kailash and met Annapurna, goddess of food. The priest saw Mary pulling loaves from Jesus's robes to feed multitudes. Nasruddin dreamed that God came to him and told him to go eat the baklava now; don't wait.
Notes: This one is in the Gesta Romanorum. Koen-Sarano has a Joha version about a Christian, Muslim, and Jew.
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