And let me tell you, those who go down into the plains are a very short while there before they wish themselves heartily back again.

The air is not so light nor so pure; nor is the sun any brighter.

As for the beautiful men and women, you would see many of them in rags and many of them deformed with horrible disorders; and a city is so hard a place for people who are poor and sensitive that many choose to die by their own hand.' 'You must think me very simple,' answered Will.

'Although I have never been out of this valley, believe me, I have used my eyes.

I know how one thing lives on another; for instance, how the fish hangs in the eddy to catch his fellows; and the shepherd, who makes so pretty a picture carrying home the lamb, is only carrying it home for dinner.