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~ 151. Death and the Old Man ~
There was an old man trudging along the road, carrying a heavy bundle of wood on his back.
Finally, he put down his bundle and collapsed by the side of the road.
"I can't go on," he thought to himself, so he decided to call on Death.
"I summon you now, O Death!" he cried.
To the man's surprise, Death appeared before him.
"Why have you summoned me?" Death asked.
The old man replied in a shaky voice, "Perhaps you could help put this bundle of wood back on my shoulders...?"
Death laughed, and he did as the man asked.
~ 152. Death and Cupid ~
Death and Cupid got their quivers mixed up, which meant Death was shooting love's arrows into old people, while Cupid was shooting death's arrows into young people, causing them to die before their time.
Cupid realized what was happening, so he went to Death in order to correct the error.
"We need to fix this!" Cupid said to Death.
They did their best to sort the arrows properly, although some of Death's arrows remained in Cupid's quiver and vice versa.
As a result, you sometimes see old people fall victim to Cupid, while some young people fall victim to Death.
~ 153. The Father and his Lazy Sons ~
An old farmer knew his lazy sons were not ready to take over the farm.
So, when he summoned them to his deathbed, he said, "I am leaving you a great treasure! I buried it in the vineyard."
"Where exactly in the vineyard?" the sons asked.
But the old man died without another word.
The sons dug in the vineyard, hoping to find the treasure.
They dug and they dug and thus they made the vineyard so fertile that they harvested more than ever before.
Then they realized that the fertile soil was the treasure their father had left them.
~ 154. The Father and his Quarrelsome Sons ~
A farmer's sons were always quarreling, so the father decided to teach them a lesson.
"Bring me a bundle of sticks," he said.
He then told each son to break the bundle.
Try as they might, none of the sons, not even the strongest, could break the bundle of sticks.
Then the father untied the bundle and gave each son a stick.
"Break that," he said.
Each son broke the stick easily.
"So too with you," explained the father. "United, you are strong. But divided and each on his own, you are weak, and your enemies will easily destroy you."
~ 155. The Man's Loyal Dog ~
A man had a very loyal dog.
One day when he returned home, he found the dog's mouth all covered with blood and the cradle overturned, while his baby boy was nowhere to be seen.
"What have you done?!" he shouted as he drew his sword and slew the dog.
But then as he picked up the fallen cradle, he found the baby safe beneath, along with the corpse of a deadly snake whom the dog had killed.
"What have I done?!" he groaned, lamenting how cruelly he had rewarded the dog who had saved the life of his son.
~ 156. The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs ~
A woman possessed a miraculous goose that laid golden eggs.
But this was not enough for the greedy woman.
"If the goose can lay eggs of gold," she thought, "then surely I will find a goldmine in its guts. I don't want the eggs; I want the goldmine inside!"
So the woman killed the goose and cut it open, but inside there were only goose guts. There was no gold in there at all.
"Woe is me!" the woman cried. "I should have been grateful, but instead I was greedy and killed my goose, so now I'm left with nothing."
~ 157. The Woman and her Cat ~
There was a woman who was troubled by mice in her house.
"A curse upon these mice!" she shouted. "They keep nibbling on my cheese."
She pondered the problem until she knew what to do.
"A cat is what I need," she decided.
The woman thought it would be best to get a very hungry cat, one who would be sure to eat up all the mice. So the woman procured a very hungry cat and then waited eagerly to see what would happen.
The cat ate up all the mice, but it ate up all the woman's cheese too!
~ 158. The Woman and her Hen ~
There was a poor woman who had a single hen, and that hen laid an egg for her every day without fail.
But the woman wanted the hen to lay even more eggs, so she gave the hen more food to eat.
"If I give her twice as much food, she will lay twice as many eggs!" thought the woman.
But it was just the opposite: as the hen got fatter and fatter, she laid fewer and fewer eggs, until finally she laid no eggs at all.
Those who desire to possess more might instead lose what little they had.
~ 159. The Milkmaid's Bucket of Milk ~
A woman was carrying a bucket of milk to market, balancing the bucket on her head.
"I'll sell the milk," she thought, "and buy some eggs to hatch. I'll raise the chicks, who will lay more eggs, which I'll sell to buy a piglet. I'll raise the pig till he's big and fat; then I'll sell him and buy a colt. I'll raise the colt, and when he grows up, I won't walk anymore. I'll go riding instead: giddy-up, giddy-up!"
But when she began to gallop like a horse, she spilled the milk and ended up with nothing at all.
~ 160. The Farmer and the Lion ~
A lion found his way into a farmer's stable, and the farmer, hoping to capture the lion, closed the stable door.
When the lion was shut in with no way out, he went wild. First he tore the sheep to pieces, and then he turned his attention to the cows.
The farmer, afraid that the lion might eventually attack him too, opened the door and let him go.
"It's your own fault!" said his wife. "You should be afraid of a lion even from a distance, so why on earth did you shut him up inside your very own stable?"
~ 161. The Farmer and the Apple Trees ~
There was an inexperienced farmer who understood nothing about farming.
One day he saw his neighbor trimming his apple trees, cutting back the bad branches.
"Why are you destroying your trees?" asked the inexperienced farmer.
"I'm not destroying them; I'm pruning them," replied the farmer. "My trees will bear more fruit as a result!"
The inexperienced farmer rushed home and cut the branches off his apple trees too, both good branches and bad.
When it came time to harvest the apples, he was disappointed to discover that his trees had produced no fruit.
Be careful when you imitate an expert.
~ 162. Bushes and Hedges ~
A man inherited the estate of a distant relative. He had lived in the city all his life, so country life was new to him. He was delighted by the vineyard, but he saw no purpose for the bushes and hedges.
"These plants grow no grapes," he complained. "I'll tear them down!"
But after he tore down all the bushes and hedges, all manner of people came tramping through the vineyard, as did all manner of wild beasts.
As a result, the vineyard was ruined and the man realized his mistake, but it was too late to save the grapes.
~ 163. The Foolish Farmers and the Rabbit ~
Some foolish farmers owed rent to the landlord. They had the money, but they didn't know how to deliver the money in time.
"What can we do?" the foolish farmers wailed. "How will we get the money to our landlord in time?"
"I know!" one of them said. "Rabbits are fast. Let's tie the money-purse onto a rabbit and tell him to deliver the money."
So they caught a rabbit, tied the purse around his neck and said, "Take this to our landlord!"
The rabbit ran off and was never seen again, and so the fools lost all their money.
~ 164. The Farmer's Revenge ~
There was a wicked farmer who was jealous of his neighbor's crops.
"He has all the good luck, and I have nothing but bad luck," the farmer thought to himself. "But I'll find a way to get my revenge!"
The farmer then captured a fox and tied a burning torch to the fox's tail. Then he let the fox loose in his neighbor's field.
The fox, however, ran right back into the farmer's own field, setting it on fire and burning his crops to the ground.
As a result, the farmer ended up even worse off than he was before.
~ 165. The Farmer and the Frozen Snake ~
A kind-hearted farmer found a snake in the snow, half-frozen. "You poor thing!" he said, and he picked up the snake and put it inside his cloak to keep it warm.
Then, when he got home, he placed the snake beside the fire.
As the snake warmed up, it returned to life and began to hiss at everyone in the house, spraying venom.
The farmer grabbed an ax to fend off the snake as he denounced the snake's behavior with angry words. "What kind of gratitude is this?" he exclaimed. "I saved your life, yet you're trying to kill me!"
~ 166. The Widow and her Sheep ~
There was a widow who had but one sheep.
One time when she was shearing the sheep, she cut the wool so close that the sheep began to bleed.
"Stop!" shouted the sheep. "What need is there to take my blood along with the wool? And if you really do want to take my flesh, then find someone who knows how to do that properly. But if, as I hope, you only want my wool, don't wield your blade like a butcher."
"My apologies," said the widow. "I thank you for your wool, and I will be more careful hereafter."
~ 167. The Shepherd and his Cloak ~
The shepherd led his flock of sheep to a great oak tree. He then spread his cloak out under the tree and climbed up in the tree to shake down the acorns.
"Come on, sheep!" he said. "I'm going to get you something good to eat!"
The sheep eagerly crowded around and ate the acorns, but they also ate the shepherd's cloak.
When the shepherd climbed down and saw what had happened, he yelled at the sheep. "You ungrateful creatures! You supply the wool for other people's clothes, but you have eaten the clothes of the man who feeds you."
~ 168. The Shepherd and the Ram ~
There was a shepherd, and his sheepdog died.
One of the rams said to the shepherd, "Shave my wool and cut off my horns, and then put the sheepdog's skin on me. The wolves will see me and run away!"
The ram's plan worked: when the wolves came, they saw the sheepdog, or so they thought, and ran.
One day, however, the ram was feeling very bold, so he chased the wolves and, as he ran, a thorn snagged the sheepdog's skin, leaving the ram naked and defenseless.
No longer afraid, the wolves turned on the ram and devoured him.
~ 169. The Shepherd's Big Sheepdog ~
A shepherd had a big sheepdog who guarded his flock. Because he was a big dog, he ate a lot of food.
"Why don't you sell him and get a couple of smaller dogs instead?" advised the shepherd's friend. "You could save some money on dog food that way."
The shepherd agreed, so he sold his big dog and replaced him with two much smaller dogs.
As soon as the wolf saw the new sheepdogs, he attacked the flock, killing many of the sheep.
"Alas!" wailed the shepherd. "Just to save a little money, I have suffered a great loss!"
~ 170. The Shepherd and the Wolf Cubs ~
A shepherd found some orphaned wolf cubs, and he took the cubs home and raised them.
"When they grow up," he thought to himself, "I'll use them to guard my own flock. Even better, I will train them to raid the flocks of other shepherds."
But when the wolf cubs grew up, the very first thing they did was to raid the shepherd's own flock, killing all the sheep.
When he saw what had happened, the shepherd groaned. "It's my own fault," he said. "I should have destroyed the little wolves instead of raising them up for my own destruction."
~ 171. The Wolf Who Herded Sheep ~
There was a wolf who dressed as a shepherd, wearing a shepherd's cloak and carrying a shepherd's crook.
He wore the costume so well that the people were fooled, as were the sheep and even the dogs. By pretending to keep the sheep, he was able to poach them, one after another, and he grew fatter and fatter.
One night, in his excitement, he made the mistake of letting out a cry of joy: the howl of a wolf, not a shepherd.
At that moment, all the shepherds and dogs realized his true identity, and they caught and killed him.
~ 172. The Shepherd and the Friendly Wolf ~
There was a wolf who followed the shepherd's flock, never causing any harm.
At first, the shepherd regarded the wolf as his enemy, but he grew accustomed to the wolf, even thinking of him as a friend.
So when the shepherd had to go to town one day, he left his flock in the wolf's care.
As soon as the shepherd was gone, the wolf attacked the flock.
When the shepherd returned and saw the dead sheep, he groaned. "It's my own fault," he lamented. "I was a fool to have left my sheep in the care of a wolf!"
~ 173. The Shepherd and the Lion ~
A lion had a thorn in his paw, so he went to a shepherd.
"Help me!" the lion said, slowly extending his paw.
The shepherd was terrified, but then he saw the thorn. He removed the thorn, and the grateful lion went back into the woods.
Years later, the shepherd was wrongly accused of a crime and thrown to the beasts in the arena. The lion was one of those beasts, and he recognized the shepherd. The lion embraced the shepherd and defended him from the other beasts.
Amazed, the king absolved the good shepherd and freed the lion also.
~ 174. The Boy Who Cried Wolf ~
There was a shepherd boy who used to tell lies just for fun.
One day when he was tending the sheep, he started shouting. "Help! Help! There's a wolf!"
The farmers came running, and the boy just laughed at them.
He tricked the farmers again a few weeks later.
The next time, there really was a wolf.
"Help! Help! There's a wolf!" he cried. "It's the truth!"
But the farmers said, "We won't let that boy fool us a third time."
So the wolf attacked the flock and killed the sheep.
The boy thus learned his lesson the hard way.
~ 175. The Shepherd and the Rabbit ~
A shepherd saw a rabbit run by, and he also heard the hunter's dogs howling in the distance.
"I better act fast," he thought, and he struck the rabbit on the head, killing it. He then picked up the rabbit and hid it inside his cloak just as the hunter arrived.
"Did you see a rabbit come this way?" asked the hunter.
"I have no idea what you're talking about," replied the shepherd.
The hunter sighed. "I was hoping to roast that rabbit for supper!"
After the hunter left, the shepherd said to himself, "I think I'd prefer rabbit stew."
~ 176. The Three Travelers ~
There were three travelers whose food was almost gone, so they decided the one who had the best dream would eat the remaining food for breakfast.
When they awoke, the first man said, "Zeus's eagle carried me up to Mount Olympus!"
The second said, "I dreamed I plunged through the ground down into Hades."
The third traveler then said, "I dreamed I saw you being taken up to heaven" - he nodded to the first - "and I saw you plunge into the underworld" - he nodded to the second. "Since you had both vanished forever, I decided to eat the food myself."
~ 177. The Three Wise Men ~
Three wise men wandering through the jungle found the bones of a dead tiger.
The first man boasted, "I have the power to reassemble these bones." He chanted a spell, and behold: the tiger-skeleton was made whole.
The second man said, "I have greater powers; I can put flesh on those bones." He chanted his spell, and behold: a dead tiger was lying on the ground.
The third boasted he was the most powerful of all. "I can revive the dead!" He chanted a spell, and the tiger came to life.
The tiger then attacked and killed all three men.
~ 178. The Two Friends and the Bear ~
Two friends were traveling together.
Along the way, they ran into a bear.
One man climbed a tree to escape the danger.
The other, remembering that bears won't touch a corpse, lay down on the ground and played dead.
The bear sniffed the man on the ground, pressing its snout against the man's face. Satisfied that the man was dead, the bear went back into the woods.
The first man got down from the tree and said, "What did that bear say to you?"
"The bear told me: don't trust a friend who deserts you in a moment of danger."
~ 179. The Two Travelers and the Ax ~
Two men were traveling together.
Along the way, they saw an ax lying beside the road.
One of them grabbed the ax and shouted, "Look what I found!"
"No," said his companion, "look what WE found."
But the man who grabbed the ax disagreed. "It's mine," he said, "and I'm going to keep it!"
A little while later they realized people were chasing them and shouting angrily. It was the woodcutters, and they wanted their ax back.
"Uh-oh," said the man with the ax. "We're in trouble!"
"No," said his companion, "YOU are in trouble. It's your ax, not mine."
~ 180. The Two Men and the Donkey ~
Two friends were traveling through the woods when they found a stray donkey. They each laid hands upon the creature.
"It's mine!" shouted the first man.
"No, it's mine!" shouted the other.
They shouted for a while, and then they began to pummel one another with their fists.
The donkey stood there, watching them, and finally he galloped away deep into the woods.
When the men paused in their fighting, they noticed that the object of their quarrel was gone, but they kept on arguing nonetheless.
"It was mine!" shouted the first man.
"No," shouted the other, "it was mine!"
~ 181. The Two Men and the Oyster ~
Two friends walking on the beach found an oyster.
"It's mine!" shouted the one.
"It's mine!" shouted the other.
Along came a third man.
"May I assist you?" he inquired, and they asked him to judge their case.
The man pulled out a knife, opened the oyster, and gulped down the delicacy inside.
He then held up the two half-shells.
"This is for you." He gave half of the shell to one man.
"And this is for you," he said to the other man, bestowing the other half.
"And good day to you both!" he added, continuing on his way.
~ 182. The Merchant and the Copper ~
A merchant deposited some valuable copper with a friend.
When he later asked for its return, the friend said, "Alas, the rats ate all your copper."
"Impossible! Rats can't eat copper."
"These rats can," said his friend.
The merchant went away, but his friend came to him the next day, desperate because his son was missing. The merchant had kidnapped him!
"I saw a raven carry him off," said the merchant.
"Impossible! A raven can't do that!"
"No more than rats eat copper."
The merchant had proved his point; his friend returned the copper, and the merchant returned the boy.
~ 183. The Man and his Mistresses ~
A middle-aged man had not one, but two mistresses. One of his mistresses was younger than he was, and the other was older.
The younger mistress didn't want her lover to look old, so at every opportunity she would pluck the grey hairs from his head, leaving the dark hairs. "You're so handsome!" she would say.
The older mistress felt insecure about her age, so at every opportunity she would pluck the dark hairs from his head, leaving the grey. "You look so distinguished!" she would say.
Before long, the poor man was completely bald, thanks to his two mistresses.
~ 184. Three Generations ~
There was a man who had grown old, and his own son had decided to throw him out of the house. "There's no room for you here!" the son said.
The old man wept. "It's cold out there. I'll freeze to death."
The man's son told his own little boy to fetch two blankets, but the boy returned with just one.
"I told you to bring two blankets for your grandfather!" yelled the father.
"I decided to keep one for you when you get old and I throw you out of the house," replied the boy.
Children learn by example.
~ 185. Father and Son and Donkey ~
A man and his son led their donkey to market.
"Someone should ride!" shouted a bystander. So the man put his son on the donkey.
Along the way, another bystander scoffed. "Lazy boy! Why must your father walk?" The son dismounted and the father rode.
They met another critic, who said, "Cruel father, making your son walk!" So both rode.
Then another critic. "Poor donkey, carrying two riders!"
So they tied the donkey to a pole and carried him instead, but the donkey kicked and struggled, and thus the donkey fell into a river and drowned.
There's no pleasing everyone.
~ 186. The Philosopher and the Pumpkin ~
A philosopher strolled through a garden and remarked, "Look at that enormous pumpkin growing on that scrawny vine! God should have honored the pumpkins with a lofty position, growing in trees instead of on the ground. I would arrange things differently if I were in charge!"
Then, to escape the heat of the day, the philosopher went and rested beneath a shady tree. As he sat there dozing, an acorn fell down on his head.
"Dear Lord!" he exclaimed. "If that had been a pumpkin, it might have killed me. God really does know best how everything should be arranged!"
~ 187. The Monks and their Abbots ~
An abbot gave the monks three meals daily.
"We need more food," they grumbled. "Let God take him soon!"
That abbot died.
The next abbot gave them only two meals.
"He deprives us of food; let God deprive him of life."
That abbot died.
The next abbot gave them only one meal.
"Before hunger shortens our lives, let God shorten his life."
But one monk said, "God grant him long life!"
Surprised, the others asked, "Why?"
"The first was bad," the monk explained, "the second worse, and the third worst of all. The next might deprive us of food entirely."
~ 188. The Abbot and the Bones ~
A man wanted to become a monk.
The abbot pointed down into the ossuary. "Go down," he said, "and bless those bones."
The man did as the abbot said.
"Did you bless the bones?" The man nodded.
"What did the bones say?" asked the abbot.
"Nothing," the man replied.
"Now go curse the bones."
The man did as the abbot said.
"Did you curse the bones?" The man nodded.
"What did they say?"
"Nothing."
The abbot said, "Brother, that is how you must behave if you want to become a monk: regard blessings and curses the same, and say nothing."
~ 189. The Hermit and his Disciple ~
A hermit, wanting to test his disciple, put a mouse under a bowl.
"I'm going out," he said. "You stay here, and whatever you do, don't look under that bowl."
The disciple was curious, of course. "Why does my master not want me to know what is there?" he wondered.
He approached the bowl, lifted it carefully, and thus let loose the mouse that had been trapped there.
When the hermit returned, he asked his disciple if he had seen what was under the bowl.
"I saw," he said, "but it would have been better if I had not seen."
~ 190. The Priest and the Weeping Woman ~
As a priest sang the Alleluia, an old woman sitting in the front pew burst into tears. The louder the priest sang, the louder she wept.
He thought to himself, "I had no idea that I could move someone to such devotion with the sound of my voice!"
After the Mass, he spoke to the woman. "I saw that you were deeply moved by today's service," he said.
"Yes, thank you, Father," the woman replied. "Only yesterday, a wolf killed my donkey, and you sounded just like my poor donkey. When I heard you singing, it moved me to tears."
~ 191. Hiring a Donkey ~
A merchant hired a donkey and driver to carry his goods from one town to another across the desert.
The day was hot and the journey was long, so they had to stop and rest. There was no shade of any kind, except for the shadow cast by the donkey.
The merchant settled down comfortably in that shade, but the driver protested. "That's my donkey," he said, "so it's my shade!"
"But I'm the one who hired the donkey!" the merchant exclaimed.
"You paid for the donkey, it's true," said the driver, "but you did not pay for his shadow!"
~ 192. Seeing a Camel ~
The first time the people saw a camel, they were terrified. "What is this great beast?" they shouted, and they ran away.
The second time they saw the camel, they looked at him and did not run away.
The third time, they were not scared at all. One person even went and got a bridle which he put on the camel in order to lead him around. Then they rode the camel, and finally they learned to use the camel to make long journeys across the desert.
The moral of the story: You can overcome fear with time and familiarity.
~ 193. The Sailor and the Merchant ~
A merchant and a sailor were drinking together in a tavern.
"How did your father happen to die?" the merchant asked the sailor.
"He died at sea," replied the sailor. "He was a sailor like me, as was my grandfather. He also died at sea."
"Aren't you afraid you'll drown too?" asked the merchant.
Instead of answering, the sailor replied with a question. "And where did your father die?"
"In bed," answered the merchant.
"And your grandfather?"
"Also in bed," said the merchant.
"Well, I'm no more afraid of the sea than you are of bed," said the sailor, smiling.
~ 194. The Introverted Philosopher ~
A philosopher had a country estate where he kept to himself, walking in his gardens, reading in his library, writing in his study. He saw no one, and that was how he liked it.
One day a neighbor came to see him on certain practical matters. "I am astounded by this solitary life of yours," he said. "Aren't you lonely? Don't you require conversation? Wouldn't you like some companionship? I am glad to come visit you, and I can bring my friends too!"
"You seem to misunderstand," replied the philosopher. "I did not feel at all alone... until you arrived."
~ 195. The Miser and his Gold ~
A miser buried a bag of gold coins in a hole in the ground. He never spent any of the money, but he often returned to the hole to check and make sure his treasure was safe.
A neighbor grew suspicious when he saw the miser visiting and revisiting the spot. He investigated, found the treasure, and stole it.
When the miser returned and discovered his money was gone, he began shrieking.
The same neighbor came out and consoled him. "Just put a rock there instead," he advised. "It will do you as much good as that money ever did."
~ 196. The Boy and the Thief ~
A boy sat weeping beside a well.
A man approached - he was a thief! - and asked the boy why he was weeping.
"I wanted to hide my jar of gold coins in this well," said the boy, "but the rope broke and the jar fell in and now I can't get it back out."
The man immediately stripped off his clothes and jumped into the well, thinking he would steal the gold coins from the boy.
The boy, meanwhile, stole the thief's clothes and ran off.
The thief ended up with no gold, and with no clothes either.
~ 197. The Boy and his Teacher ~
A boy had fallen into a deep river and was desperately clinging to a willow branch to keep from being pulled down by the current.
As he was hanging there, his teacher walked by.
"Help!" shouted the boy.
The teacher shook his head. "Look at you! That's what you get for being reckless! You deserve a good whipping as punishment so that you won't make that mistake again."
The boy, terrified at the thought of a whipping, let go of the branch and was swept to his death in the river's waters.
Some teachers prefer to scold instead of helping.
~ 198. The Trumpeter Captured ~
During a fiercely fought battle, the army's trumpeter was captured by an enemy soldier.
As the soldier dragged him away to be executed, the trumpeter begged him for mercy.
"Don't kill me, please!" he shouted. "I didn't fight in the battle. I don't know how to fight! I don't even have any weapons! Look: all I have is my trumpet."
The enemy soldier scoffed. "That is all the more reason for me to kill you, coward!" he said. "You rouse the rest of us to risk our lives on the field of battle, while you yourself stand on the sidelines."
~ 199. The Star-Gazing Astrologer ~
There was an astrologer who was in the habit of going out at night and strolling around, gazing up at the stars.
One night, as the astrologer was staring intently at a particular constellation, he walked right into a ditch.
As he lay there moaning and groaning, his neighbor walked by.
"Help!" shouted the astrologer.
When his neighbor looked down into the ditch, he recognized the astrologer and realized what must have happened. Laughing, the neighbor told him, "Instead of looking up at the heavens, you ought to look down here at the ground that's right in front of you."
~ 200. The Man in the Tree ~
Fleeing a deadly unicorn, a man climbed a tree beside a lake.
Four snakes were slithering around the lake, and a dragon rose up from the watery depths, its mouth gaping open.
Then the man saw two mice, one white and one black, gnawing at the tree's roots.
How could he escape all these evils?
Then he looked up and saw honey dripping down from higher in the tree. As the honey fell into his mouth, he forgot all about the dangers.
The tree toppled and he fell into the dragon's jaws, but his only thought was of the honey.
