Haji Abdul Karim, Once Upon a Time in Kutaraja
Monday, December 4, 2000
In Kutaraja, in the year 1891, there lived a merchant called Haji Abdul Karim. He made a living by renting his carriage and horse to a coachman. Every day, just before sunset, the horse-drawn vehicle was returned to the stable and the coachman paid his rent. One day, the two-wheeled buggy was carrying a sack of rice out of town. Upon arrival at a sentry post just on the outskirts of town, the goods were duly inspected.
It turned out that severa
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