"A thoughtless thing of little blame," said the Novice-master, "was the wickedness of these boys compared with that of the monks of the Abbot Eutychus.  The Abbot had a bear to tend his sheep while he was absent and to shut them in their fold at sunset, and when the monks saw that marvel, instead of praising God they were burned up with envy and ill-will, and they killed the bear.  Ah, children, it is still possible for us, even in these days, to kill a Saint's robin and an abbot's bear.  Let us beware of envy and jealousy and uncharitableness."