TWO DERVISHES

Two dervishes met on the road very early one morning. Each had a huge bale of firewood on his back. The Sultan passed and saw them. Many hours later the sultan returned near this spot and saw that the two men were still standing, shouldering their heavy loads and talking.
"Who are these men?" asked the Sultan. "They are dervishes, O Sultan," said one of his attendants, "and when they are with one another the burdens of the world disappear."

REFERENCE: WHEN YOU HEAR THE HOOFBEAT THINK OF ZEBRA
BY SHEMS FRIEDLANDER