Morality 



"Let*s lend a hand. It will make things 

 go faster and better. I have three horns 

 which I will use as a hod. I propose to offer 

 my services to the digger and to hoist the 

 loosened soil to the surface.'' 



Working in double harness is invented; 

 the household is founded. Other' cares, no 

 less urgent, confirm the agreement. The 

 Minotaur's victuals, those compact morsels, 

 have first to be broken up, bruised and re- 

 duced to particles which will lend themselves 

 better to the elaboration of the final cake. 

 After passing through the mill, the material 

 must be carefully compressed into a cylinder, 

 in which fermentation will complete the de- 

 velopment of the requisite qualities. The 

 whole business is a slow and meticulous work. 



To shorten it, therefore, and to make the 

 most of the fine weather, they set up in 

 couples. The father collects the raw mate- 

 rials outside. On the upper floor, he turns 

 his harvest into meal. On the lower floor, 

 the mother receives the grist, sifts it and 

 packs it into a column, gently patting down 

 each layer. She kneads the dough for which 

 her mate furnishes the flour. She worjcs at 

 the kneading-trough, he at the mill. Thus, 

 by sharing the labour, they hasten the result 

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