A young merchant was working at a stand in a busy market when he was approached by an old man in a yellow cape walking with a long staff and carrying a strange object.
“What is it you are shopping for?” the merchant asked.
“I am not shopping,” the old man said. “I love to come here once every few years to discover how many things I am perfectly happy without.”
“Master,” the young merchant said, “May I come with you into the mountains to devote myself as your student?”
The old man looked at him for a moment, then said, “If you can answer this one question. If you call a tail a leg, how many legs does a horse have?”
The merchant thought for a moment and then replied, “Five.”
“No,” said the old man. “The answer is four. Calling a tail a leg does not make it a leg.”
The Wise Sage: The smoking intake on this water pipe is a 45 degree, fixed stem, removable metal male bowl piece for tobacco and legal dry herb. Hand painted ceramic with a ¼” carb hole on the back.
