breakfast.’ he got up then and dressed himself, while the breakfast stood waiting for him. when he had finished the whole of this, he asked what he was to do that day. he was told to help the other men to clean out the well. that was all right, and he went out and found the other men waiting for him. to these he said that they could choose whichever task they liked—either to go down into the well and fill the buckets while he pulled them up, or pull them up, and he alone would go down to the bottom of the well. they answered that they would rather 