The Two Fellows and the Bear

　　TWO MEN were journeying together. One of them picked up an axe1

　　that lay upon the path, and said, "I have found an axe." "Nay2, my

　　friend," replied the other, "do not say 'I,' but 'We' have found

　　an axe." They had not gone far before they saw the owner of the

　　axe pursuing them, and he who had picked up the axe said, "We are

　　undone3." "Nay," replied the other, "keep to your first mode of

　　speech, my friend; what you thought right then, think right now.

　　Say 'I,' not 'We' are undone."

　　He who shares the danger ought to share the prize.