—The sage answered, “The self-denial with which I preferred the cripple is, in truth, a treasure I have deposited with him for the day of my own need.”

The fisherman asked, “And when will that day be?”

He replied, “On the day when people will sorely require whatever provisions they have stored up for the Hereafter.”

The fisherman was astonished at this and repented of what he had done.