The Man said:
“I am drawing it because I have dropped a pearl into it.”
The Water-sprite asked him:
“Will you stop soon?”
The Man said:
“I will stop when I dry up the sea.”
Then the Water-sprite returned to the sea, brought back that pearl, and gave it to the Man.
The Blind Man and the Milk
A Man born blind asked a Seeing Man:
“Of what colour is milk?”
The Seeing Man said: “The colour of milk is the same as that of white paper.”
The Blind Man asked: “Well, does that colour rustle in your hands like paper?”
The Seeing Man said: “No, it is as white as white flour.”
The Blind Man asked: “Well, is it as soft and as powdery as flour?”
The Seeing Man said: “No, it is simply as white as a white hare.”
The Blind Man asked: “Well, is it as fluffy and soft as a hare?”
The Seeing Man said: “No, it is as white as snow.”