Translations:Welt/42/en

"This, my child, is an attempt to find out about natural laws. Every week, the amount of peasants, trees and horses are changing in the regions. They die, are born or emigrate. I tried to find out why they do so, without having asked them." A silent smile appeared on Selens face. "It seems that most depends on the space, peasants and trees must share." The young novice pointed at two little drawings scribbled at the edge of the parchment. "And what does this mean? It looks similar to the big one." "In the big picture, I sketched in the figures of a plain near the ocean with fertile soil. The little one describes the development of an inhospitable swamp. You see, it's similar, but the swamp's got less of everything."