Book of Good Love (Day 2)

In the story of the mountain girl, the actual theme was quite unclear until the end. As the arch priest sets off on a journey through the mountains he is faced with a obstacle of the mountain girl, actually multiple mountain girls. For him to pass by these mountain girls he needs to present them with presents or face the rath of not paying the toll. The arch priest promises the wildest presents, anything that these mountain girls are requesting, he's agreeing to have to present to these girls. Knowing he will never be able to give them these things he gets by and promises them on the way back, only to avoid their path on the journey back. Everytime though, that he avoids the same path he is only getting himself into a bigger mess, he meets a different mountain girl on every path and soon finds himself in debt with multiple girls, he knows he will never be able to pay. As the story ends it makes a statement that a man with no money's ill make promises he does intend to keep. While already being poor, he has nothing to lose if he does not make the promises he will be doomed for sure, but making ese promises only put off his misery temporarily. Twice in the wary a similar quote is used which really had great meaning to the lesson of the story. First quoted in the first paragraph, "if you seek what you haven't lost, you will lose what you will lose what you have" and again towards the middle of the story "don't leave what you have got for what you have yet to get" which really is what this man is doing throughout the story, leaving what he had because of a whim that life may be better on the other side, only left him with nothing in the end; even less then what he began his journey with.