Chapter 10 Prologue to Zarathustra Ten

The sun was noon when Zarathustra spoke these words to his heart.Suddenly he casts a questioning glance upward as he hears a high-pitched bird call in the sky.Look!An eagle floats in great circles in the sky, and hangs a snake, not like a captive, but like a friend: for the snake is round its neck. "This is my eagle and serpent!" said Zarathustra, and his heart rose with joy. "Proudest animal under the sun, wisest animal under the sun,— They come for scouting. They wondered if Zarathustra was still alive.Really, am I living now? In men I am in more peril than in herds; Zarathustra walks a perilous way.Let my eagle and serpent guide me! "

When Zarathustra had finished speaking, he remembered the advice of the sages of the forest.Then he sighed and said to his heart: "I wish I was wiser! Let me be wiser from the bottom of my heart, like a snake! But this is impossible.So I pray that my pride will accompany my wisdom! If in the future wisdom should desert me:—Alas!it likes to escape of! ——At least my arrogance can continue to fly with my madness! "— — Thus began the descent of Zarathustra.