And upon a day, the man with the palsy saw [148 ] a bird’s nest; thinking there would be eggs therein, he bade the blind man go up the tree and bring them. When the blind man grasped the nest, the head of a venomous snake appeared, but his companion called, “Grasp it tightly,” and, as he held it, the snake cast of its venom in his eyes, and he saw all things. Just lingering to place the snake on his afflicted friend, and seeing him, too, restored, the husband hastened home to his wife, but as he ran, he beheld her coming out to him. With these kind words did she greet him, “O, my husband, come I will work for thee. I have ever loved thee!” but, when she beheld that his eyesight was restored, she was exceeding glad, and greatly did she rejoice.
[24]: Enclosed grounds or yard—generally a place of residence.
[25]: Yoo, yoo—stand still, be quiet.
Heads I Win, Tails You Lose
A man once asked his newly-married son-in-law, “You will help me in the work that the chow gives me to do, now that you are one of us, will you not?”
And the son-in-law replied, “I will promise this. Whenever you go, I will stay at home, and when I stay at home, you will go and work.”
Pleased with the ready promise, the father said, “I thank you, my son.”
When the chow called the father, the son said, “This time you go, and I will stay at home,” and the father went.
And when the chow again called, the son said, “Now, I will stay at home, whilst you go.”