The King of Lunatics - 2
Image by Gemini AI Read first part here . A merchant from the low country once stopped his bullock cart to watch the whole performance from start to finish. He had already heard of this madman who was apparently a reincarnation of someone called Sisyphus in ancient Greece. This successful merchant had connections with big traders of all sorts. He had warehouses in three towns, a fine house, and a name that opened doors. He watched the madman heave the stone to the summit and surrender it to gravity. Something in the merchant’s heart shifted. Merchants don’t tolerate such waste of energy or of anything for that matter. “Why do you do this?” he demanded when Naranath came down the path. “Every day, the same stone, the same hill. What do you profit?” Naranath looked at him with eyes the merchant would describe to his grandchildren years later, eyes that were not the eyes of a madman at all. Naranath answered the merchant pleasantly, as if discussing the price of pepper. “What do y...
