AN ASTRONOMER used to go out at night to observe the stars. One
evening, as he wandered through the suburbs with his whole attention fixed
on the sky, he fell accidentally into a deep well. While he lamented and
bewailed his sores and bruises, and cried loudly for help, a neighbor ran
to the well, and learning what had happened said: "Hark ye, old fellow,
why, in striving to pry into what is in heaven, do you not manage to see
what is on earth?'
