Question

What explaination did the he give to the fellow pilgrim for his thoughtful deed??

Answer 1

A n old man, going a lone highway,

Came, at the evening, cold and gray,

To a chasm, vast, and deep, and wide,

Through which was flowing a sullen tide.

The old man crossed in the twilight dim;

The sullen stream had no fears for him

But he turned, when safe on the other side.

And built a bridge to span the tide.

"Old man," said a fellow pilgrim, near,

"You are wasting strength with building here;

Your journey will end with the ending day;

You never again must pass this way;

You have crossed the chasm, deep and wide-

Why build you the bridge at the eventide?"

The builder lifted his old gray head:

"Good friend, the path 1 have come," he said,

"There followeth after me today

A youth, whose feet must pass this way.

This chasm, that has been naught to me,

To that fair-haired youth may a pitfall be.

He, loo, must cross in the twilight dim;

Good friend, I am building the bridge for him."

Answer 2

Answer:

What explaination did the he give to the fellow pilgrim for his thoughtful deed=》

The pilgrim, explained that the chasm which held no fears for him could be a

trap, an unsuspected danger for the young inexperience man who could be trying to

cross the chasm late in the evening. So he was building a bridge to help this fair

haired youth.