The wise man affectionately took a golden beaker and gave everyone to drink from the milk - the white elephant as well as the horseman and his horse, and the fly which sat on the horseis head as well as the butterfly which craned forward from the trunk of the elephant, but also the tree which stretched its roots forward underneath the belly of the horse, to obtain from the potion of fulfilment, and the grass as well which had settled on the roots of the tree reaching now with its own little rootlets towards the man - like to a gracious father.

But also the glistening precious stone that rolled forward on the back of a scintillating snake got its share of the milk, and the pearl too that rolled near on the back of another snake and that now nestled against the diamond.

But now pride itself pushed forward and stood next to the ass.
And it was passed by burning ambition twisting its way with unbelievable skill between the pride and the ass, like Mani had seen the snakes winding forward between the legs of the chicken.

A green frog tried to climb over ambition but the latter did not allow; it took it affectionately, but determinedly by the hand, and now the two held their mouths towards the man, full of hope and expectation.

To the left of ambition and the frog a large fir pushed its way trying carefully all the time not to annoy anyone with its pricky, yet very beautiful needles that gleamed like emeralds; and it succeeded to be very gentle towards ambition and to move along its side unobtrusively. Now it also stretched its roots forward.