Kisah Sufi
A First Time at Sea
A king was making a sea voyage, but one of his servants had never been in a boat before. Stricken with terror, this servant sobbed and shouted, annoying the king. A wise sailor took charge: he had the servant thrown into the sea, and then dragged by the hair to where he could grab hold of the ship’s rudder. The man clung there for an hour, and then they dragged him back into the boat. He made no further complaints. “Now he knows what the water is like,” said the wise sailor, “and he knows the value of a boat.” TINY T TALES ALES FROM THE SUFIS 157