fly with all our might. Another time a hare runs by or a bird flutters, or a dry twig crackles, and we think it is a wild beast, and in running away we really run into danger. And again we are running from a dog, and we come upon a man. Oftentimes we are frightened and start to flee, we don't know whither, and we roll over a precipice and perish. And we have to sleep with one eye open, with one ear alert, and we are always in alarm. There is no peace. All evil comes from fear."
Then the Hermit said:—
"Not from hunger, nor from love, nor from ill-temper, nor from fear come all our troubles; but all the evil that is in the world is due to our different natures. Hence come hunger and love, ill-temper and fear."
XXI
THE WOLF AND THE HUNTSMEN
A Wolf was eating up a sheep. The Huntsmen discovered him, and began to beat him.
The Wolf said:—
"It is not right for you to beat me. It is not my fault that I am a wild beast; God made me so."
But the Huntsmen replied:—
"We do not beat wolves because they are wild beasts, but because they eat the sheep."
XXII
TWO PEASANTS
Once upon a time two peasants attempted to pass each other, and their sledges became entangled. One cried:—
"Give me room; I must get to town as quickly as possible;" and the other said:—
