At the beginning of the folktale, Hodja gets in trouble when he brags to his friends, and he wishes he hadn’t made a bargain with them. My opinion, Hodja bragged to his friends with said that when he was young he used to swim in a river in the winter just only because he wants to show he is the best among them. That is usual thing for men who always bragging among each other to show off and to avoid labeled weak, coward and so on. Hodja also want to show he can do over than his friends because he try do extraordinary thing beside he will get something from his friends if he success to something different from others. Although Nasreddin Hodja just only bragging at the beginning, but he take a risk to prove that he can do it. But for me, bragging is a not good choice to show we are the best because there are many other ways that can be applied.