There is a story of a dervish, who was standing in the middle of the street when the procession of the king came along. First the pages who ran before the procession pushed him and said, "Don't you see the king is coming? Away!" The dervish smiled and said, "That is why." Then he went forward again and stood in the same place. When the horsemen, the bodyguard, arrived they said, "Get out of the way, the procession is coming!" The dervish smiled and said, "That is why." Then the courtiers came and saw the dervish standing there. And instead of telling the dervish to get out of the way they moved their horses a little to one side. And again the dervish said, "That is why." Finally came the king. When the king saw the dervish he greeted him first, and the dervish in answer said, "That is why." An intelligent young man who had seen and heard this asked, "What do you mean by saying this?" And the dervish said, "You can see, that is why they are what they are!'