Yooshfool -

One night, a merchant’s daughter fell into the old well. Men lowered ropes, lanterns, but the dark was thick as tar. The girl’s crying grew thin. Then Yusuf came. He tied his frayed rope to a pomegranate tree and climbed down without a light.

The children mimicked him. “Yooshfool! Yooshfool!” they’d chant, throwing pebbles at his back. He’d turn and bow, as if receiving applause. yooshfool

The next morning, no one called him Yooshfool. They simply said, “Yusuf.” And for the first time, he answered without a bow. One night, a merchant’s daughter fell into the old well