'Brave child,' Hanuman said. 'Fearless.' When I told Saira that he had said this, she had a question for him.
'Ask him why there are hypocrites in the world.'
'Because it is hard to bear the happiness of others.'
'When are we happy?'
'When we desire nothing and realise that possession is only momentary, and so are forever playing.'
'What is regret?'
'To realise that one has spent one's life worrying about the future.'
'What is sorrow?'
'To long for the past.'
'What is the highest pleasure?'
'To hear a good story.'
