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An Appropriate Answer

A Bedouin entered the place of one of the princes, and he saw the prince sitting and all the notables around him, and he greeted the prince saying: Peace be upon you, O Prince, and he asked him: How are you, O Prince?

And the prince answered: As you like.

The Bedouin said: If it was as I like, I would be in your place and you would be in my place.

The prince and the dignitaries laughed.