AN ASTRONOMER1 used to go out at night to observe the stars. One

　　evening, as he wandered through the suburbs with his whole

　　attention fixed2 on the sky, he fell accidentally into a deep

　　well. While he lamented3 and bewailed his sores and bruises4, and

　　cried loudly for help, a neighbor ran to the well, and learning

　　what had happened said: "Hark ye, old fellow, why, in striving to

　　pry into what is in heaven, do you not manage to see what is on

　　earth?'