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Once, in a far-off land, a mighty programmer lived. He was recognised far and wide, his wisdom and skill were unmatched by any and his code was bug-free and fast. He created many powerful pieces of software, which were always well-crafted and potent to the extreme.
However, the village he lived in accepted him only reluctantly. They would peer oddly at his clothes, they would not invite him to parties and the ladies would laugh and scorn at him behind his back. While he took great pride from his software his heart was filled with tinges of misery as he was forced to live alone in his small hut beside the sea.
Despite a great passion for his work, and despite the many expressions of love and admiration he received from far and wide, the programmer craved the acceptance of the villagers. He conceived the idea of a great and wonderous gift for the local inhabitants. A software engineering artifact that was as elegant as it was powerful, as useful as it was unique, and more beautiful than anything he or anyone else had presented before.
This artifact took the form of a crystal ball, but not just any ordinary crystal ball for spying on princesses or hobbits or whatnot, but a crystal ball that would do the programmer's bidding in myriad ways, by casting the right spells.
Eager to show his wonderous new gift to the town's people, he set off to find the mayor. But the mayor refused to see him. He went to the town doctor but he too refused to look at his new gift or even to talk to him about it. And so it went with the barber, the butcher, and everyone else he encountered.
He was full of dispair and was ready to give up when ...
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