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“There was once upon a time a Padishah who had three daughters. One day the old father made him ready for a journey, and calling to him his three daughters straightly charged them to feed and water his favourite horse, even though they neglected everything else. He loved the horse so much that he would not suffer any stranger to come near it. The Padishah came home, and the first thing he asked was whether they had provided the horse with everything. “He wouldn’t let us come near him,” said the two elder sisters; "t was our youngest sister here who took care of him."

When everything was finished the three Peris set about going, but first of all they approached the bed one by one, and the first said: “Rosa be thy damsel’s name, and she shall weep not tears but pearls!” The second Peri approached the bed and said: “Rosa be thy damsel’s name, the rose shall blossom when she smiles!” And the third Peri wound up with these words: “Rosa be thy damsel’s name, sweet verdure in her footsteps spring!” Whereupon they all three disappeared.

Tolstoy’s famous book consists of four stories and in each of which he makes the reader witness the journey within. In What Men Live By, he looks for the answers of the following three questions: What guides people? What is missing in people? What men live by? In The Coffee House of Surat, he listens the conversations of men of all nations and religions, trying to comprehend God and the universe. In How Much Land Does A Man Need, he paints a quite clear picture of how far greed and gluttony can reach. In The Three Questions, he shows us the real value of the moment we are in.