歌德的《叙事谣曲》中有这样的一个故事:有一次,耶稣带着他的门徒彼得出门远行,在路上发现了一块破烂的马蹄铁,耶稣就让彼得捡起来,不料彼得懒得弯腰,假装没有听见。耶稣没说什么,自己弯腰捡起马蹄铁,用它在铁匠那里换了几文钱,并用这些钱买了十几颗樱桃。出了城,两人继续向前走,沿途都是茫茫的荒野,看不到人烟,也找不到水源。耶稣猜到彼得渴得厉害,就故意弄掉一颗 Goethe’s “narrative ballad” contains a story that once Jesus took his disciple Peter out for a long journey and found a tattered horseshoe on the road, and Jesus picked Peter up, but Peter was too lazy to bend over, Pretend not to hear. Jesus did not say anything, bent himself to pick up the horseshoe, used it for a few bucks for the blacksmith, and used the money to buy a dozen cherries. Out of the city, two people continue to move forward, along the vast wilderness are, can not see people, can not find the water. When Jesus guessed that Peter thirsty, he deliberately got rid of one