In this short story the action takes place in modern day Egypt with a theme of resisting change. A traveler on Gumhouriyya Street on Opera Square is the only one who notices a gaunt ancient man carrying a large chair all on his own which weighed a ton or two. The disagreement with the two men is when then the old man does not want to put the chair down without authorization. The good-natured face of the old man explains: “I’m carrying it’s and it’s been deposited in trust with me. I was ordered to carry it, so how can I put it down without being ordered to?” This leads to the climax of the story when the traveler reads a note pin to the chair from the king to the chair carrier, which states: he has carried enough and to put it in a place
