"But I need the core of it as seed," the priest said and, holding up thepear with his hands,began to eat. When he ate up the pear, he held itscore in one hand and, with the other, hetook off' a small shovel from hisback. He began to dig in the ground a hole two or three inchesdeep, putthe core in it and then covered it with earth. Lie asked if anyone in thecrowd couldfind some hot water for him. One of them, an obligingperson, fetched some boiling water froma strop by the street. The priesttook it over and poured it where the core of the pear wasburied.