he went out into the great highways, sat down on a stone, and waited for what would happen. then he saw a peasant’s waggon coming towards him, and a woman was standing upright in the middle of it, instead of sitting on the bundle of straw which was lying beside her, or walking near the oxen and leading them. the man thought to himself, "that is certainly one of the kind i am in search of," and jumped up and ran backwards and forwards in front of the waggon like one who is not very wise. "what do you want, my friend?" said the woman to him; "i don’t know you, where do you come from?" "i have fallen down from heaven,"