Garlic Field by Mewlana A young man told his father one day; 'I have many close friends, just as you have many close friends'. His father objected, replying “I don't have many close friends, maybe one or two. You can't find many genuine friends'. This conversation sparked a discussion between them, and they decided to test the young man's friends in order to understanding who a genuine friend was. One evening, they slaughtered a sheep and put it into a sack. The father said to the son, 'Now take this sack and carry it to your friends. Let them see the Sack dripping with blood and they will assume it is the body of a murdered man. The young man took the sack and went to the first amongst his best friends. He knocked on the door, his friend opened the door and took one look at the sack before closing the door on his face. Then the young man went to another of his best friends and encountered the same situation. The young man turned back, emotionally destroyed. He returned to his father, and said 'You were right dad'. 'There is no friend in this world, not you, nor me'. His father responded, 'No, son! I know I have a good friend. Come, get the sack at once and go to him'. The young man took the sack and went to the house of his father's friend. He knocked on the door, the old man opened door and looked at him. On seeing sweat dripping from the young man's forehead and blood dripping from the sack, he invited the young man into his home. He asked the young man nothing about blood-dripping sack, and they both walked into the backyard, dug a pit, buried the sack, and threw garlic onto the grave of the dead animal which was assumed to be a dead man. The young man returned to his father and said, 'Dad, you have a good friend'. His father explained, 'When you spoke to me earlier about good friends, you didn't realise that you don't know people well enough. I want you to go my friend tomorrow, erupt a fight and slap him twice without hesitation, then you will see his true self. After that, return to me and inform me of what happened.' The young man, did as his father instructed so that he could understand the meaning of a real friend. He began a fight with the old man, and slapped him twice. The old man shouted, "Go and tell your father, we do not sell this garlic field to two slaps!"