The Tale of the Unknown Island

"e;A man went to knock at the king's door and said, Give me a boat. The king's house had many other doors, but this was the door for favours (favours being offered to the king, you understand), whenever he heard someone knocking on the door for petitions, he would pretend not to hear..."e; Why the petitioner required a boat, where he was bound for, and who volunteered to crew for him and...