Q. Tempetation feeds on the weakness of human desires. Do you think the peddler was right in blaming the world for being full of tempatations? How would you overcome temptation that might exist all around us in our environment?

The rattrap has been depicted as the symbol of the whole world with its lands, seas, cities and villages. The world seems like a big rattrap to the peddler who thinks it does not have any other purpose but to set baits for people. It offers riches and joys, shelter and food, heat and clothing, exactly as the rattrap offers cheese and pork to the rat. But as soon as anyone lets himself be tempted to touch the bait, it closes in on him and then everything comes to an end. The peddler did not respect the confidence that the crofter had reposed in him by showing him his money. The peddler smashed the window panes, procured the pouch, stole the notes and hung the leather pouch back in its place. Then, he walked away with the money. It was his greed and inability to ward off temptation that made him do such a thing.
I will overcome temptation by exercising my will power and not succumbing to greed or avarice.