 Funds dwindle and the embassy begins to disintegrate; the staff leaves and Haji's dialogue with the King slowly declines into a personal monologue.One night president Cleveland shows up in the embassy.An excited Haji entertains his guest single-handedly while dreaming of writing another grandiose letter to the King of Persia only to learn that his guest is no longer president of United States, but a simple farmer who wants to learn how to grow pistachios.