Festival of Depiction

The Festival of Depiction, according to Wit, is about a farmer visiting court.
In talking to a songling, he says that it's not a great story and utterly disposable.
Still, he says that the story has a standard beginning about a farmer who visits the big city, does something embarrassing, stumbles into a princess and - completely by accident - saves her from getting trampled.
Then he says that princesses in such stories never do seem to be able to look where they're going. He thinks that perhaps more of them should inquire with a reputable lensmaker and procure a suitable set of spectacles before attempting any further traversal of thoroughfares.
Further, Wit describes how the farmer found the painting near the privy, so assumed it was to be used for such a purpose. The lighteyes found the empty frame in the hall of art, and assumed it to be a masterwork.
Further still, Wit says that one might call this a silly story ... and that it is, but that such does not depreciate its truthfulness.
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