—AFRICAN TALE.
[THE THREE TASKS]
I
There were once two brothers who set out to seek their fortune. They wasted their time and their money in all sorts of foolish ways, and before long they were nearly penniless.
After the two brothers had been gone some time, their younger brother, who had always been thought the simpleton of the family, set out to seek his fortune.
One day as he was passing through a village far away from home, he found his two brothers.
"Where are you going?" they asked.
"I am going to seek my fortune," he replied.
"Ha, ha! how foolish you are!" they cried. "With all our wit and wisdom we have been unable to make our fortune. It is silly of you even to try." And they laughed and made fun of him.