So she cooked the food and then called to him, "The food is ready, my husband."
He replied, "No. To-day I saw that God fed the birds without them having to move. They just opened their mouths and the food dropped in, so now I am not going to move out of bed, but am just going to wait here in bed to be fed also."
So his wife brought his food in to him there in bed and he ate and slept. Next morning his wife said to him, "Arise, my husband, for it is time that you went to work."
He replied, "No, I am not going to work; I am just going to stop here in bed and wait to be fed."
His wife said, "But, my husband, we have no food and no money in the house. What are we to do if you do not go and work?"
He answered, "Never mind. God is able to feed the birds when they are hungry, and so He is able to feed me."
So he stopped there in bed. Now a neighbour of his had a vision that night that in a certain cave was a great treasure stored. He wanted to go and search for it, and when he heard that the woodcutter was not going to work that day he thought that he would borrow his donkey to bring back the wealth, if his vision came true.
So he came to borrow the donkey; but as he was a very mean man he did not want to tell of his vision or for what purpose he wanted the donkey. He knocked at the door, and the wife came and opened it, and he asked to see the woodcutter.
The wife went to call her husband, but he said, "Tell him to come in here; I will not get up."
So the neighbour came in and asked the woodcutter to lend him his donkey, and said, "If I have a prosperous journey I will give you a few coppers."