As the Arab neared the mountain outpost with his mule, he realized that the mountain man did not appear to be in a very happy mood.

“Oh hello, Dear sir, you look exhausted,even more than I do,as I have been walking for hours.”,said the Arab warmly. 

“I’ve been in a brawl.”

Making a friendly face, the Arab speaks,

“And who would that fool be sir, that dares touch a man of your pure nobility?”

The mountain man seemed disturbed at the question,though he finally replied,

“That would be my wife.”

“Oh”,was all that the Arab could say for a while.

Then he made a smiling face, and spoke,

“My dear friendly sir, As it would be clear to you, I am a trader and for the beautiful people of these beautiful valleys and mountains, I have brought merchandise to trade.”

The burly mountain man seemed to come alive with happiness upon hearing this, and spoke,

“Oh my dear Brother! You have found the right man to talk to, now show me, what lies in those sacks of yours?”,buzzed the Mountain man with excitement.

The Arab Trader nodded in approval to the mountain man’s words, and while grinning, thought to himself of the untidiness and unhygienic ways of the mountain man’s people and how he really hated their harsh voices. Then, removing one of his heavy sacks from upon the mule, at which the mule seemed to be overjoyed, he showed it’s contents to the excited and lively mountain man.

“What is all this?”, blurted out the mountain man.

“These are cups of silver and gold, to drink beverages like sherbet.”, explained the trader.

“But why would I drink from something so small like that? It shall never satisfy my thirst in one go!”, said the mountain man with his mind wondering.

The Arab understood that the mountain men would never come to terms with taking meals or drinks in small sizes, they could not comprehend the value of plains’ dining mannerisms. Removing another sack, he showed the mountain man other things,

“Aha, now these weapons will suit just fine to a nobleman like you.”

The mountain man heartily laughed as he peered over the slim,sharp Arab swords and said,

“And whose women do your women fight with?”, he said to the Arab,showing him his big double sided ax.

Rather annoyed, the Arab thought of showing him the prized goods from his best sack of merchandise.

“Aha, and what do you have to say about these.”,spoke the Arab, beaming with complete confidence upon himself.

The mountain man was at first baffled as to what lay in front of him, then,bringing the containers close to his face to analyze them, he got to smell the Turkish perfume.

“It is good indeed.”

So the ugly illiterate finally likes something, thought the trader.

“Then, how much do you want?”,he spoke with a commanding tone.

“Nothing, I want nothing of this. The Chinaman who came to my village two weeks back sold me this, in a nice Jar,not in a bottled form like yours, and his had the the spraying object attached on top, unlike yours.”,said the Mountain man calmly.

The Arab was really unhappy and annoyed now, and shouted rather than spoke

“Then my trip has been a waste, there’s nothing of interest for the mountain men with me!”

“Oh don’t be so sad, brother, here,drink this.”, said the Mountain man with a straight face.

Without delay, the Arab drank from the skin container which the Mountain man had handed to him. 

“What brilliant drink am I drinking! Amazing, what sherbet is this?”, said the Arab trader as he spoke to the mountain man with a look of surprise on his face.

“This is made from a local flower, you can have more if you like.”

Thus, the Arab became almost addicted to the sweetness of the mountain sherbet, and brought a lot back to Arabia, where too the people became mesmerized with the new sherbet and the mountains became a paradise to the trader. But they had nothing to give back to the Mountain men, and only the first few gallons of the drink were given to the Arab trader a gesture of goodwill for the first few times.

But Finally, the mountain folks refused to give more of their drink for free, and the sherbet of the sands could no longer be accompanied by the sherbet of the snows.