Fable of the artisan and the lord
He came to see men greater than himself — a pleasure denied to lords.
A full page of pen text relating a short moral anecdote. An artisan often visited a lord with no request; asked why, he answered that he came for a pleasure the lord could not have — for he, like the common people, could gladly look on men more powerful than himself, whereas the lord could only ever see men of less power than his own. Thus, the tale concludes, lords are deprived of that pleasure.
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The artisan who visited a lord for pleasure
An artisan repeatedly visits a lord without asking for anything. Questioned, he replies that he comes for a pleasure the lord cannot share: like the common people he can look up to men more powerful than himself, whereas the lord can only see men of lesser power — so lords lack that pleasure.