“Sir! People are quite wrong who think that fairies and sorcerers existed only in the time of Harun al-Rashid, the ruler of Baghdad, or even those who claim that the tales about the deeds of spirits and their masters, which one hears from storytellers in the city markets, are false. Fairies still exist now, and not long ago I myself witnessed an incident in which spirits were clearly involved, as I shall tell you…”