long ago a man set at the council with animals drenched deep in sadness.all the animals drew near him and said" we do not like to see you so sad.""ask us whatever you wish, and you shall have it' the man said " i wish to have good sight", and the vulture replied " you shall have mine".the man said " i wish to be strong". the jaguar said " you shall be strong like me"Then the man said " i long to know the secrets of the earth".the serpent replied " i will show them to you "and so it went on with all the animals.man had all the gifts they could give and he left.the owl said " now man knows much and is able to do many things""suddenly i am afraid"the deer said " man has all that he needs and his sadness will stop"the owl replied " no... i saw a hole in the man, deep like a hunger he will never fill" " it is what makes him sad and what makes him want"" he will go on taking and taking until one day the world will say:I am no more i have nothing left to give.