8/10 You say: We must love animals. Therefore I led the goat out into the open air, that she may feed on the fragrant grass. You say that we should kindle our eye at that of the sun-god, therefore I went out with the goat from the dark vault into the bright sunlight." "You must learn to understand the writings." "I want to know living creatures." The old man looked at the boy with an air of vexation. "Tell me, you bold son of man, under what sign of the zodiac were you born ?" "Under that of the ox and the ass," answered the boy Jesus. Under the ox and the ass--he grew afraid. |