In the shadow of the temple my friend and I saw a blind man 
sitting alone. And my friend said, “Behold the wisest man of 
our land.”
     Then I left my friend and approached the blind man and 
greeted him. And we conversed.
     After a while I said, “Forgive my question; but since when 
has thou been blind?”
     “From my birth,” he answered.
     Said I, “And what path of wisdom followest thou?”
     Said he, “I am an astronomer.”
Then he placed his hand upon his breast saying, “I watch all 
these suns and moons and stars.”