"439. Ἀδελφὸς εὗρεν ξύλον ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ ἀποπεπτωκὸς ἀπὸ τῆς καμήλου καὶ ἤνεγκεν αὐτὸ εἰς τὸ κελλίον. Εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ ἀββᾶς αὐτοῦ· Πόθεν ἤνεγκας αὐτό; Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· Ἐκ τῆς ὁδοῦ. Λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ γέρων· Εἰ μὲν ἦν ἐλαυνόμενον ὑπὸ ἀνέμου, φέρε αὐτὸ ἔσω, εἰ δὲ μή, ὕπαγε θὲς αὐτὸ εἰς τὸν τόπον αὐτοῦ."

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A brother found a piece of wood by the wayside that had fallen off a camel and he brought it to his cell. His abba said to him: “Where did you bring that from?”