“Ho!” he cried, “you below! What are you doing?”
“I am listening to the sounds of the world,” said the man.
“Well,” said Simple, “come up into the ship. Maybe you can hear more up here.”
So the man climbed up into the ship, and they flew on. As they passed over a field they saw a man hopping on one leg, with the other strapped up behind his ear.
“Ho!” cried Simple, “You below! Why do you hop on one leg, with the other bound up?”
“Because,” said the man, “if I were to unbind the other I would step so far that I would be at the end of the world in a minute.”
“Well,” said Simple, “come up into the ship, that will be less tiresome than hopping so far.”
So the man came up into the ship and they flew on. As they passed a clear lake of cold water they saw a man standing beside it looking so disconsolately at the water that Simple called out, “Ho, you below! Why do you look at the water so sadly?”
“Because,” said the man, “I am very thirsty.”
“Well,” called Simple, “why don’t you take a drink? There is water enough!”