And all the while his most precious possession slips through his fingers like the waters of a running brook. He lets go the one thing he cannot nor ever will be able to purchase once it is gone, the precious possession that cannot be borrowed or sold. No, my son, the Master replied, but you're close. Others must use their backs and hands. This is the same in nature as it is with man.
Some animals acquire their food easily, such as rabbits, horses and elephants.
Other animals must struggle for their food, like flamingos, moles, and ants. So you see, the nature of the vocation must fit the individual. But I have no abilities, desires, or talents, Master, the man sobbed. WHAT of Facial Hair, a nubile lad asked. It is no small coincidence that a great scribe or teller of tales is called by the similar word Bard.