"Would you be afraid to stay here all night alone?"
"I would not."
"If, during the night, a storm should pass over the forest with thunder deafening you and lightning flashing close to your eyes and trees falling everywhere, you would fear for your life and that would be natural and wise; but would you come again?"
"I would."
"If it were winter and the forest were bowed deep with ice and snow and you were alone in it, having lost your way, would you cry enough? Would you hunt for a fireside and never return?"
"I would not."
"You can stand cold and hunger and danger and fatigue; can you be patient and can you be persevering?"
"I can."
"Look long and not find what you look for and still not give up?"
"I can."