A story i once read; this is the way i remember it.

There was once a mystic who was known for his amazing ability to fast for days. In the heavens shown a bright star as a sign of God's approval.

One day, he decided to go on a pilgrimage, a little girl asked him if she could accompany him, he told her that she could accompany him. The path to the pilgrimage site was extremely difficult, and soon the little girl was obviuosly thirsty, however she would refuse to drink whenever the mystic would ask her to do so. Soon enough, the girl was extremely dehydrated; the mystic pleaded for her to drink, she said she would, but only if the mystic would take a drink himself. As difficult as it was for him to break his fast, he decided to drink so that the little girl would do so too.

For almost the rest of the journey, he could not bare to look up into the sky, fearing that the star would no longer be there; however, when he did, he was surprised to see two stars,where there was once one...