If any such won’t learn, give them a toy.
One May I went to a forest, and by the Forester’s leave walked in the woodland, where I saw three herds of deer in the sunshine.
A young man with a bow was going to stalk them, but I asked him to walk with me, and inquired whom he served.
‘No one but myself, and I wish I was out of this world.’
‘Good son, despair is sin; tell me what the matter is. When the pain is greatest the cure is nearest!’
‘Sir, I’ve tried everywhere for a master; but because I know nothing, no one will take me.’
‘Will you learn if I’ll teach you? What do you want to be?’
‘A Butler, Sir, Panter, Chamberlain, and Carver. Teach me the duties of these.’
‘I will, if you’ll love God and be true to your master.’
A Panter or Butler must have three knives: