Chapter 29
A man who had two daughters married one to a gardener and the other to a potter. After a while he paid a visit to the daughter who had married the gardener, and asked her how she was and how everything was going.
“Excellent,” she replied. “We have everything we want. Our only need right now is a heavy rainfall to provide water for our plants.”
Then the father went off to visit the daughter who had married the potter and asked her how everything was.
“There’s not a thing we need,” she responded, “and I only hope that this fine weather and hot sun may continue so that our tiles will bake well.”
“Alas,” said the father, “if you wish for fine weather, and your sister for rainbow, can I reconcile the two?”
Diverse expectations drive different desires.
