Behind a high fence, he hears the enchanting song of nightingales and the sound of a cool stream. Eventually, he succumbs and enters this paradise, led by a mysterious woman.

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Time functions differently in the garden. When the narrator finally awakens and returns to the shore, he finds his donkey gone, his path overgrown, and a different laborer in his place. Reading the Text

The narrator spends his days breaking rocks by the sea, accompanied by his weary donkey.