In the neighborhood lived a famous dervish who passed for the best philosopher in Turkey; they went to consult him: Pangloss, who was their spokesman, addressed him thus: "Master, we come to entreat you to tell us why so strange an animal as man has been formed?"
En la vecindad vivia un derviche que gozaba la reputacion del mejor filósofo de Turquía. Fuéren á consultarle; habló Panglós por los demás, y le dixo: Maestro, venimos á rogarte que nos digas para que fué formado un animal tan extraño como el hombre?