Once on a day the prophet Sharia met a child in a garden. The child ran to him and said,“Good morrow to you, Sir,”and the prophet said, “Good morrow to you,Sir.”And in a moment,“I see that you are alone.”
Then the child said,in laughter and delight,“It took a long time to lose my nurse. She thinks I am behind those hedges, but can’t you see that I am here?” Then he gazed at the prophet’s face and spoke again. “You are alone, too. What did you do with your nurse?”
The prophet answered and said, “Ah, that is a different thing. In very truth I cannot lose her oftentimes. But now, when I came into this garden, she was seeking after me behind the hedges.”