Leo 9. A gigantic sleeping Buddha carved of stone.
When they covered him with gold leaf they were very careful and gentle in their work so as not to wake him. He could feel them giving him a new skin of gold, and was happy to receive their ministrations and love, all the time keeping his eyes closed, and continuing to appear as if he slept, and at times smiling faintly, for the application of the gold tickled, and the way the sun shone upon it brought a lovely warmth to his stone body.