There was a man,
and he sat himself upon the towns way.
And he did to ride upon an ass,
and lo, at the up of the other hill,
the ass stood still and travelled not.
And the man got off the ass and prodded the ass upon the rump,
and spoke unto his ear,
and struck him blows upon the sides,
and lo, the ass moved not.
And this man was a wise one of the towns people.
Yea, he did to deal of the words and sums unto the babes of the town.
And he did make word of much mouthing unto the ass,
and lo, the ass knew not of such word.
And lo, the man did wax wrath,
and lo, did the ass wax it more and did stand firm upon his feet,
and lo, the tail of it did sink tight unto the hind.
And the face of the towns wise one did redden much,
and he did fall of words of much of mouthing till he was wearied sore.
And lo, from upon the path ahigh did there come a lad of young years,
and he came unto the man and looked upon his wrath and upon the wrath of the ass.
And he knew not of such a wrath as the man showed, but did to know the ass.
And he did to put his pipe between his lips
and stroke upon the nose of the ass and it did off.

There it is, it is word that means little !
Yea, within the hand of the babe there be the undoing of word.

Patience Worth