Adapted from a parable from Rumi:
A Persian, a Turk, an Arab and a Greek were travelling to a distant land when they begin arguing about how to spend their one silver coin they possessed amongst the four of them.
"I want to buy Angur!" said the Persian.
"No! I want Uzum!" said the Turk.
"Oh please, none of those. We should spend it on Inab", said the Arab.
"Stafil for me!" the Greek demanded.
The four travellers argued for sometime until a cunning linguist overheard their quarrelling.
"Hoi! Stop your quarrelling, give me the coin, and I will make sure all your desires are satisfied!" He screamed at them.
Taking the coin, he went to the nearby shop and bought four small bunches of grapes and returned to the four companions, giving them each a bunch.
"Hey, its my Angur!" Exclaimed the Persian.
"Oei?! It's my Uzum!" yelled the Turk
"You have brought me my Inab" Smiled the Arab
"No! this is Stafil in my language" said the Greek.
Suddenly the four doinks realised that they desired the same thing, only that they did not know how to express it to each other.
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