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Now it came to pass that his father said to him one day: 'Hearken

to me, you fellow in the corner there, you are growing tall and

strong, and you too must learn something by which you can earn

your bread. Look how your brother works, but you do not even earn

your salt.' 'Well, father,' he replied, 'I am quite willing to

learn something--indeed, if it could but be managed, I should

like to learn how to shudder. I don't understand that at all

yet.' The elder brother smiled when he heard that, and thought to

himself: 'Goodness, what a blockhead that brother of mine is! He

will never be good for anything as long as he lives! He who wants

to be a sickle must bend himself betimes.'

The father sighed, and answered him: 'You shall soon learn what

it is to shudder, but you will not earn your bread by that.'