All their lives two young brothers had lived in a city behind great stone walls, never seeing field nor meadow. One day, they decided to visit the country.

As they went walking along the road, they saw a farmer plowing his field. They watched him and were puzzled.

"Why on earth is he doing that?" they wondered. "He turns up the earth and leaves deep furrows in it. Why should someone take a smooth piece of land covered with nice green grass and dig it up?"

Later they watched the farmer sowing grains of wheat along the furrows.

"That man must be crazy!" they exclaimed. "He takes good wheat and throws it into the dirt."

"I don't like the country!" said one in disgust. "Only crazy people live here."

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