OnandonwentthetwoWoodcutters, blowinglustilyupontheirfingers, , andcameoutaswhiteasmillersare, whenthestonesaregrinding; andoncetheyslippedonthehardsmoothicewherethemarsh-waterwasfrozen, andtheirfaggotsfelloutoftheirbundles, andtheyhadtopickthemupandbindthemtogetheragain; andoncetheythoughtthattheyhadlosttheirway, andagreatterrorseizedonthem, , whowatchesoveralltravellers, andretracedtheirsteps, andwentwarily, andatlasttheyreachedtheoutskirtsoftheforest, andsaw, fardowninthevalleybeneaththem, , andtheEarthseemedtothemlikeaflowerofsilver, , afterthattheyhadlaughedtheybecamesad, fortheyrememberedtheirpoverty, andoneofthemsaidtotheother, “Whydidwemakemerry, seeingthatlifeisfortherich, andnotforsuchasweare? Betterthatwehaddiedofcoldintheforest, orthatsomewildbeasthadfallenuponusandslainus.”
“Truly,” answeredhiscompanion, “muchisgiventosome, , noristhereequaldivisionofaughtsaveofsorrow.”
