At the Inn

"Once upon a time," the Moon opened her sheet of paper, after saying Basmalah and Salaam. "a demon stayed at an inn, where no one knew him, for they were people whose education had been neglected. He was bent on mischief, and for a time kept everybody by the ears. But at last, the innkeeper set a watch upon the devil and took him in the fact.

The inkeeper got a rope’s end. 'Now I am going to thrash you,' said the innkeeper. 'You have no right to be angry with me,' said the demon. 'I am only a demon, and it is my nature to do wrong. Let me tell you something,

A man met a lad, weeping, 'What do you weep for? ' he asked.

'I am weeping for my mistakes,' said the lad.

'You must have little to do!' said the man.  

The second day, they met again. The lad was weeping. 'Why do you weep?' asked the man.

'I am weeping because on this land, Justitia has been raped, Dike and Arete, been straddled,  the lad respond.

'You must have little to do,' said the man.  

The third day, they met again. The lad was weeping. 'Why do you weep?' asked the man.

'I am weeping because on this land, Keynes has been perverted, Laissez-nous faire of Le Gendre, has been worshipped, they put a crown on their heads, and demand that people give them money,' says the lad.

'You must have little to do,' said the man.  

The fourth day, they met again. The lad was weeping. 'Why do you weep?' asked the man.

'I am weeping because on this land, imports of foreign workers are prioritized over imports of security guard uniforms, then 'Love your own products' echoed,' the lad respond.

'You must have little to do,' said the man.

The fifth day, they met again. The lad was weeping. 'Why do you weep?' asked the man.

'I am weeping because on this Land, Taxes suffocate the people and small businessm, but the cronies, dancing with joy,' the lad respond.

'You must have little to do,' said the man.

The sixth day, they met again. The lad was weeping. 'Why do you weep?' asked the man.

'I am weeping because on this Land, the Price is getting high, basic necessities are scarce, and my mom are busy, queuing!' said the lad.

'You must have little to do!' said the man.

The seventh day they met again. Once more the lad was weeping. 'Why do you weep?' asked the man.

'I am weeping because on this Land, someone get pissed of!' said the lad.

'You must have little to do,' said the man.

The eighth day, they met again. Once more the lad was weeping. 'Why do you weep?' asked the man.

'I am weeping because on this Land, the young men and the pundit, are playing hide and seek!' said the lad.

'You must have little to do,' said the man.

Again, the ninth day they met again. Came again, the lad was weeping. 'Why do you weep?' asked the man.

'I am weeping because on this Land, there will be a cooking competition without cooking oil, even though I love fried vermicelli!' said the lad.

'You must have little to do,' said the man.

The next day they met again. Recurrently, the lad was weeping, 'Why do you weep?' asked the man.

'I am weeping because I have nothing to eat,” said the lad.

'That was I thought, it would come to that,' said the man.

'Is that so?' asked the innkeeper. 'Fact, I assure you,' said the devil. 'You really cannot help doing ill?' asked the innkeeper.

'Not in the smallest,' said the demon, 'it would be useless cruelty to thrash a thing like me.'

'It would indeed,' said the innkeeper. And he made a noose and hanged the demon. 'There, you must have little to do,' said the innkeeper.

Even he was hung in there, the Demon, could still singin',

I wanna hide the truth

I wanna shelter you

But with the beast inside

There's nowhere we can hide

No matter what we breed

We still are made of greed

This is my kingdom come *)

The Moon left an inquiry, "Wll there be, an answer? And Allah knows best."

Citations & Reference:
- Robert Louis Stevenson, Fables, Charles Scribner's Sons
*) "Demons" written by Alexander Junior Grant, Benjamin Arthur Mckee, Daniel Coulter Reynolds, Daniel Wayne Sermon & Joshua Francis Mosser.

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