From where did the peddler get the idea of the world being a rattrap?
One day the peddler went round selling his rattraps. All of a sudden he was left to his own meditations. He thought that the whole world about him was nothing but a rattrap. Its lands, seas, cities, villages existed only to set baits for people. It offered riches, joys, shelter, food, heat and clothing to the people as the rattrap offered cheese and pork for the rats. As soon as anyone got tempted to touch the bait, it closed him in and thus everything came to an end for him.
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Why was the crofter so talkative and friendly with the peddler?
Why was he amused by the idea?
Did the peddler expect the kind of hospitality that he received from the crofter?
Why did he show the thirty kronor to the peddler?
