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the stone by stone construction of palaces; the punishment by torture of the

guilty; the flight of eagles; playful rabbits; treacherous tigers; cypress and plane

trees  that  held  magpies;  Death;  peting  poets;  feasts  to  memorate

victory; and men like you who see nothing but the soup before them。”

The reserved clerk was no longer afraid; he even found me entertaining and

was smiling。

“Your Hoja Effendi must’ve had you read this; you’ll know it;” I continued。

“There’s  a  story  I  love  from  Sadi’s  Garden。  You  know  the  one;  King  Darius

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bees  separated  from  the  crowd  during  a  hunt  and  goes  off  to  roam  the

hills。 Unexpectedly; a dangerous…looking stranger with a goatee appears before

him。  The  king  falls  into  a  panic  and  reaches  for  the  bow  on  his  horse;

whereupon the man begs; ”My king; hold off from shooting your arrow。 How

is  it  that  you  haven’t  recognized  me?  Am  I  not  the  loyal  groom  to  whom

you’ve entrusted a hundred horses and foals? How many times have we seen

each  other?  I  know  each  of  your  hundred  horses  by  temperament  and

disposition; nay; by color even。 So then; how is it you pay no attention to us;

the  servants  under  your  mand;  even  those  like  myself  whom  you

encounter with such frequency?“”

When I depict this scene; I render the black; chestnut and white horses—so

tenderly  cared  for  by  the  groom  in  a  heavenly  green  pasture  covered  with

flowers  of  every  imaginable  color—with  such  happiness  and  calm  that  even

the dullest of readers would understand the moral of Sadi’s story: The beauty

and mystery of this world only emerges through affection; attention; interest

and passion; if you want to live in that paradise where happy mares and

stallions live; open your eyes wide and actually see this world by attending to

its colors; details and irony。

This  progeny  of  the  twenty…coin  hoja  was  at  once  entertained  and

frightened by me。 He wanted to drop his spoon and flee; but I didn’t give him

the chance。

“This is how the master of masters Bihzad depicted the king; his groom and

the horses in that picture;” I said。 “For a hundred years miniaturists haven’t

stopped   imitating   those   horses。   Each   horse   rendered   out   of   Bihzad’s

imagination and heart has bee a model of form。 Hundreds of miniaturists;

including myself; can draw those horses from memory。 Have you ever seen a

picture of a horse?”

“I once saw a winged horse in an enchanting book that a great teacher; a

scholar of scholars; had presented to my late hoja。”

I didn’t know whether I should push the head of this clown into his soup;

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