Achmed Abdullah

“ And again the dark-blue butterfly flew out of the jessamine bush, but this time no white-red blossoms fluttered down from the peach-tree.
After Ching Ko-Ou had increased his wisdom for another year, he went on a long journey to study Life; and on his return he discovered his wife, delightful Lan-fang, more sorrowful than she had ever been before. And so he spoke to her in an angry voice:
“Shame on you! You are a foolish child. Today my wisdom has reached the pinnacle, and everything human is clear to me. And so I know positively that there can be no reason for your sorrow and tears.” ”

“ And he stopped and said:
“During the past year my wisdom has doubled and given birth to twins; but it has not yet reached the bourne of the understanding of your sorrow. Why do you weep, delightful Lan-fang?”
And she replied, sighing:
“Oh honored Professor, Yat-kwo is untrue to me.”
But the wise Ching Ko-Ou meditated for a long time and replied:
“A man should root out an enemy by another enemy called in to aid, just as he would take out a thorn in the foot by a thorn in the hand. Also, Kong-fu-tse declared that a fox does not wag his tail in the lion's den.” ”

“ In my garden a jessamine bush exhales sweet and heavy odors, and amongst the waxen flowers sports and dances a dark-blue butterfly. I am a lonely virgin and my heart is full of longing.”
Then Ching Klo-Ou thought for a long time, remembering all his wisdom, remembering also the principal and basic conditions of human happiness and human sorrow, and made reply:
“Delightful Lan-fang, it is said in the twenty-third volume of Wah-kyou's commentaries on the Early Wisdom of Miza Sha-fi, 'An impossible thing should not be spoken; when it happens before the eyes it is seen ”