Tell me,' asked Sta's, 'what is a wicked deed?' 'If anyone takes away Kali's cow,' he answered after a brief reflection, 'that then is a wicked deed.' 'Excellent!' exclaimed Sta's, 'and what is a good one?' This time the answer came without any reflection: 'If Kali takes away the cow of somebody else, that is a good deed.' Sta's was too young to perceive that similar views of evil and good deeds were enunciated in Europe not only by politicians but by whole nations.

In Desert and Wilderness