” I’ll have you hanged,” said a cruel and ignorant king, who had heard of Nassr Eddin’s powers, “if you don’t prove that you are a mystic.”
“I see strange things,” said Nassr Eddin at once; “a golden bird in the sky, demons under the earth.”
“How can you see through solid objects? How can you see far into the sky?”
“Fear is all you need.”