and he longed to make a hearty meal of the pods the swine were eating, but no one gave him any.
»Give not that which is holy to the dogs, nor throw your pearls to the swine; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and then turn and attack you.«
So he went and hired himself to one of the inhabitants of that country, who sent him on to his farm to tend swine;
»But on coming to himself he said,« `How many of my father's hired men have more bread than they want, while I here am dying of hunger!