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...he careth for. And that man who, by some untoward accident, hath fallen and become impoverished, and of his own accord is unable to set about any labor to earn the price of his daily bread, to such an one he extendeth a helping hand and setteth him unto some work, so that he may find some small gain and not remain in want and misery. For when this beast [the elephant] groweth weary, he goeth and leaneth against a tree to rest; yet he preferreth to lean against a willow (*söyüd*) tree. But it sometimes happeneth that under the heaviness of his body that tree breaketh, and the elephant falleth down. Now, if the elephant be old, he cannot rise of himself, [and] he raiseth a trumpeting cry; thereupon the other strong elephants gather there, and each one laboreth according to his power, and they lift up the fallen elephant. Wherefore the Wise Man saith: *“For if one fall, his fellow will lift him up; but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and hath not another to help him up.”* Eccl. 4:10. 13. From the hoopoe (*eghjeruk*) bird, he learneth to honor his parents; whereby to them...

NOTE: VIII.