Scene: The East
THE GODS OF THE MOUNTAIN
THE FIRST ACT
Outside a city wall. Three beggars are seated upon the ground.
OOGNO
These days are bad for beggary.
THAHN
They are bad.
ULF (an older beggar but not gray)
Some evil has befallen the rich ones of this city. They take no joy any longer in benevolence, but are become sour and miserly at heart. Alas for them! I sometimes sigh for them when I think of this.