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that from the top of the tower every one could see him.
So the old devil went up to the balcony and addressed the people.
The fools came in great crowds to hear what the old devil had to say,
thinking that he really meant to tell them how to work with the head.
But the old devil only told them in words what to do, and did not give
them any practical instruction. He said that men working only with their
hands could not make a living. The fools did not understand what he
said to them and looked at him in amazement, and then departed for their
daily work.
The old devil addressed them for two days from the balcony, and at the
end of that time, feeling hungry, he asked the people to bring him some
bread. But they only laughed at him and told him if he could work better
with his head than with his hands he could also find bread for himself.
He addressed the people for yet another day, and they went to hear him
from curiosity, but soon left him to return to their work.
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