CHAPTER XIX

OF A CERTAIN SOLITARY MONK WHO USED TO FEED ON GRASS BY THE JORDAN

ACERTAIN monk was feeding on grass by the Jordan, and at noontide he went into a cave to rest, and he found there a lion which began to roar; and he said to the lion, “What vexeth thee? There is room enough here both for thee and for me, and if thou dost not wish [for a companion], get up and go out;” and because the lion could not bear [him], he rose up, and went out.