Once upon a time, there was the world of sounds and letters, composed of many kingdoms. The kingdom of I was ruled by a tall and thin king. The king's city was large and beautiful; all made of buildings with straight and long walls that were designed by efficient architects and built by skilled masons.
The king was so pleased with the masons that he decided to give them a gift: they would travel to the kingdom of S, so they would have the chance to see the splendid buildings that the king of S had in his city. The king of I thought that everything in the kingdom of S was so much more sophisticated, stunning and superb than in his own kingdom, and he was sure that the masons would really enjoy the opportunity to experience such wonders. For instance, the king of I felt that while his was a plain ruling stick, just a straight and long rod, the king of S had a proper sceptre, with all sorts of ornament and beautiful curves. The palaces and buildings in the city of S were also special, full of sculptures, domes and spirals and gardens with round mazes.
So, the masons of the kingdom of I set out to visit the city of S, hoping to learn about how those beautiful buildings the king talked about were built. But they were plain brick masons, who knew just about laying bricks using mortar to make straight walls, and they couldn't figure out how the domes and spirals of the city of S were built. While they visited the city of S, once every now and then they would stumble on a straight piece of wall, built with square bricks, and they would stop to observe how those had been built, but they could not learn much about the rest.
They were happy to return to the kingdom of I, where the straight walls looked familiar. The king invited them to his palace, as he wanted to listen to all the wonders they had to tell about the city of S and its beauties. The masons felt a bit ashamed, because they had to admit that they weren't able to discover the secrets of the buildings in the city of S. They had managed to learn the names of the elements those bizarre buildings had: Tuscan columns, Corinthian columns, spiral domes, onion domes, oval domes and so on, but that was about it.
After that, the masons returned to their work in the city of I, partly relieved to go back to what they mastered, but also feeling a twinge of guilt for not having been able to accomplish what the king had set. And the king wondered whether what he had intended to be a gift had turned out to be a curse. Maybe he should have sent them to the kingdom of H, where straight walls are combined in right angles to create intricate patterns.
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