I'd forgotten that one; thanks for reminding me of what it felt like to walk into the Looking Glass all those years ago.

Total confusion.

There's a whole world of philosophy in that fable, & it isn't one which I feel capable of thinking about at the moment,but I will eventually, maybe.

It wouldn't surprise me though, if it wasn't originally a Persian story, there's a Scheherezade feel to it, which was given the Rhadasoami spin around 1880 or so.

The lies go way, way, back.