Aldar Köse (The Wise Trickster of Kazakhstan): A Kazakh Folktale that Teaches Lessons on Wit and Justice
Across the wide Kazakh steppe, where the winds sweep over endless grasslands and yurts dot the horizon like white pearls, there lived a man known far and wide: Aldar Köse, the trickster whose sharp mind and sharper tongue could topple the pride of any greedy bey or merchant. His name carried both laughter and warning. The poor greeted it with
