Chapter 76
A hunter was returning from the mountains, loaded with game he had bagged, when he met a fisherman coming home with his basket full of fish. The hunter admired the fish and desired to have them for supper, while the fisherman longed to have a meal of game. So they quickly agreed to exchange catches, and from then on they continued to do so every day until a neighbor said to them, “If you keep exchanging your catch so frequently, you’ll soon lose the pleasure of your exchange, and you’ll each want to keep only what you’ve caught.”
Pleasure is increased through abstinence.
