The Legend of Samara

There was a shopkeeper tending to his shop on the crowded streets of Baghdad. After finishing a sale, he looked up only to see the vision of death walking towards him. Immediatly, he jumped on his horse and rode north 50 miles to his vacation house in the city of Samara; thinking he had escaped death. Later that night, there was a knock at the door; when the man answered it he was shocked to see death standing directly in front of him.

"How did you find me?", asked the man.

"I was amazed to see you in the marketplace in Baghdad this morning, because I knew we had a date at night in Samara", replied Death.

"You can't escape fate."