The ten foot hut

from The Ten Foot Square Hut · tr. A. L. Sadler (1928)

The hut

Now I have built me a hut ten feet square, and it is not even a permanent dwelling. There is no trouble in building it, and if the place displeases me I can move it away on a cart in a single day.

The hut

A man who has few wants has few troubles. I do not know what others think, but I have found that quietness is the thing that pleases me most, and to have no anxiety is happiness enough.

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