The Worm’s Waking

From Chapter 25: MAJESTY
Book IV, Verses 2537-2539
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Then you take an axe in your hand and strike the house without thought.  
The house is a veil to the treasure you see, an obstacle to a hundred harvests, this one seed.  
So you cast this seed into the fire and take up the profession of a man.

Barks Interpretation

This is how a human being can change: