In Jami's Haft Awrang, the tale of the city dweller who, upon entering the villager's lush garden of ripe fruit, gives free rein to his appetite serves as an allegory for the destructive greed of the undisciplined self (nafs). Jami likens the guest's craving to a cow reaching open pasture, a wolf falling among a defenseless flock, and a violent wind that snaps branches from the trees, so that in his heedless devouring he ruins the very abundance offered to him. The narrative warns that when the base appetites are left unchecked before worldly temptation, they consume and lay waste rather than enjoy in measure, illustrating the spiritual necessity of restraining desire and disciplining the ego.