The Man and the Satyr
The
Man and the Satyr
A man had lost his
way in a wood one bitter winter’s night. As he was roaming about, a Satyr came
up to him, and finding that he had lost his way, promised to give him a lodging
for the night, and guide him out of the forest in the morning. As he went along
to the Satyr’s cell, the Man raised both his hands to his mouth and kept on
blowing at them. “What do you do that for?” Said the Satyr. “My hands are numb
with the cold,” said the man, “and my breath warms them.” After this, they
arrived at the Satyr’s home, and soon the Satyr put a smoking dish of porridge
before him. But when the Man raised his spoon to his mouth he began blowing
upon it. “And what do you do that for?” said the Satyr. “The porridge is too hot,
and my breath will cool it.” “Out you go,” said the Satyr. “I will have naught
to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same breath.”
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