THE LEARNED POOR MAN

In a certain country a poor man, having nothing to eat, went to

another country. Having gone there, and gone to a travellers' shed,

he remained lying down.

During the time while he was there, still [another] man of the city

who was without food and clothing came to the travellers' shed. Then

the man who came first asked the man who came afterwards, "Where art

thou going?"

The man said, "Being without [food] to eat, I am going to this city

to beg something."

Then the man who came first says, "I, indeed, being without [food] to

eat have come here. Now then, because we two are men without [food]

to eat, I will tell you a device," said the man who came first to

the man who came afterwards.

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