at this moment master pfriem awoke. "things are certainly arranged in heaven otherwise than they are on earth," said he to himself, "and that excuses much; but who can see horses harnessed both behind and before with patience; to be sure they had wings, but who could know that? it is, besides, great folly to fix a pair of wings to a horse that has four legs to run with already! but i must get up, or else they will make nothing but mistakes for me in my house. it is a lucky thing for me though, that i am not really dead."