Folk Tale
The gardiner and Death
Translated From
*Le Jardinier et le Mort
| Author | Jean Cocteau |
|---|---|
| Book Title | Le Grand Écart |
| Publication Date | 1923 |
| Language | French |
Other Translations / Adaptations
| Text title | Language | Author | Publication Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gesture of Death | English | _ | _ |
| El Gesto de la Muerte | Spanish | _ | _ |
| Author | Robert McConeghy |
|---|---|
| Book Title | ibid |
| Publication Date | 2016 |
| Language | English |
| Origin | France |
The Gardiner and Death
A young Persian gardiner says to his prince :
"I met Death this morning. He made me a threatening gesture. Save me ! I would like to miraculously be in Ispahan this evening."
The good prince lends his horses. In the afternoon, the prince meets Death. "Why, he asks him, did you, this morning make a threatening gesture to my gardiner?"
"I did not make a threatening gesture", he replies, "but a gesture of surprise. Because I saw him far from Ispahan this morning and I must take him in Ispahan this evening."
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