The Book of Three (The Chronicles of Prydain, #1)

by Lloyd Alexander

You know how chickens are, imagining the world coming to an end one moment, then pecking corn the next.

“Every living thing deserves our respect,” said Medwyn, knitting his shaggy brows, “be it humble or proud, ugly or beautiful.”

Neither refuse to give help when it is needed,” Medwyn continued, “nor refuse to accept it when it is offered.

“It is not given to men to know the ends of their journeys,”