An owl and a donkey interpolate themselves, indicating the simultaneity of leaving and returning. Tyll of Braunschweig teaches us the trick of being on both sides of a mirror at once, and Nasreddin of Akşehir shows us how to face the future riding backwards on a gentle, fearless donkey. 

Time to pause. Time to ask, Do harmonious friends cause dissonance? There is perhaps a new Jataka tale here to be read into the future. Let us wait for it.