The difference between knowledge and wisdom is a very subtle one but one that can be understood. “The Stupid Boy” is part of Kashmiri Folklore which brings out this difference. Reverend J. Hinton Knowles writes in 1887, “Kashmir as a field of Folk-lore literature is, perhaps, not surpassed in fertility by any other country in the world”. Yet, these stories are unknown to non-Kashmiris and Kashmiris alike. This is an attempt to share some of these stories with you.