The Old Man, Hanwa, and the Dervish

'I am in search of the princess whom I am determined to marry,' said Hanwa. The gatekeeper challenged him and levelled a sharpened spike at him. He was taken into a meditation hall where rows of silent dervishes were reposing their heads on their knees. When this was over he was assigned to the master gardener, and made to work until his hands were as saw as his back ached. Next, he was taken to the room of the master of the monastery, and had to go there every day for hours on end while a great man looked at him saying nothing. And then one day when it was coming to nightfall, Hanwa saw that the