ABSTRACT

There were once a certain Man and his Wife who had nothing to eat, and they used to dig out the holes of the Ants so that they might get the grains of corn there, and eat them (1). One day they had returned, and were lying down in their hut, when the Husband noticed a Lizard which fed itself by simply opening its mouth and letting the Flies fall into it. Then he said " I am not going to wander about outside, digging out those ant-holes, and looking for food, see that Lizard, he only lies down, and yet he gets his fill (2). So his Wife said " Oh, very well."