Paradise of the Holy Fathers

tr. Budge, 1907

The Paradise of Palladius, Book II, Of a Certain Solitary Monk Who Used to Feed on Grass…

A CERTAIN monk was feeding on grass by the Jordan, and at noontide he went into a cave to rest, and he found there a lion which began to roar; and he said to the lion, “What vexeth thee? There is room enough here both for thee and for me, and if thou dost not wish [for a companion], get up and go out;” and because the lion could not bear [him], he rose up, and went out.