“Nay,but thou hadst pity on me first.” said the hare,and it ran away swiftly.
And the Star-Child took the piece of yellow gold,and put it in his wallet,and hurried to the city.But the leper saw him coming,and ran to meet him,and knelt down and cried:“Give me a piece of money or I shall die of hunger.”
And the Star-Child said to him,“I have in my wallet but one piece of yellow gold,and if I bring it not to my master he will beat me and keep me as his slave.”