Layla and Majnun, when young, were schoolmates, devoted to one another. Whenever the teacher looked at Majnun's slate there was the picture of Layla drawn upon it. And when the teacher asked Layla to read from the book she repeated the name of Majnun. So, disappointed with the school, the parents had to take them back home. When difficulties arose owing to the caste differences, so that they could not be married to one another according to the caste ideas, in order to make either forget the other, by changing the direction of their minds, someone asked Majnun, "What is there especial in Layla that you love her so much? There are many other maidens in the world." Majnun answered, "In order to see Layla you must borrow Majnun's eyes."