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41   Choice

The Young Priest and Luki

1At dusk, a Young Priest wearied from a long journey, lay down to sleep unbeknownst on the very brink of a deep ravine.
2Being within inches of the edge, Luki appeared to him and waking him from his slumber thus addressed him:
3Young man, I pray thee awake and make haste away from your mortal peril.
4For had you fallen into the ravine, the blame shall be thrown on me, and I shall get an ill name among mortals.
5Alas, as much as men shall claim their good fortune upon skill, men are sure to blame their calamities upon me.
6However much by their own folly they have brought distress on themselves.