Mind Reading (Notes): Georgian Folktales.

Vashlovani 17787 by Sarah Murray. Found on wikimedia.

These stories come from Georgian Folk Tales, by Marjory Wardrop (1894).
The Hermit Philosopher
A hermit who loves solitude lived off in the middle of nowhere, thinking on the trivialities of vanity.He spent most of his time outdoors because where he lived had no winter and little rain. He wanders through his garden contemplating things, like natures symmetry. The smaller fruit grows on the taller plants and the bigger more close to the ground. He was looking at a walnut tree and pumpkins. He kept thinking on why this is, walking his garden and meditating. He grew tired and rested beneath the walnut tree. Walnuts began falling and hitting him. He realized why things were the way they were and decided not to try to find faults in nature anymore.
Teeth and No-Teeth
The was a man who was the hungriest in the nation. Shah Ali wanted to see how much of the daintiest food he can eat at a time, so he sent out word that he would be dining outside. That day he announced that the hungriest of his people could join him, and two of them did. One was an old man and the other young. They sit down to eat with the shah, watching each other. The older man begins crying and when asked replies that he has not teeth and the other man is eating everything. The young man replies that the opposite is true. That the old man has not teeth so he is eating everything whole while the young man has the take the time to chew. To be honest I don't really get the point of this story. It seems like it is just a matter of perspective but it is an odd way of laying out that issue. And why is the king so interested in how much a hungry man can eat of dainty food?