King command

The king commanded silence and he arose to speak

“ Good servants, you’re my friends and I’m completely satisfied to see you right here. A few of you, I remorse to study, aren’t very completely satisfied to be right here. They complain concerning the seating preparations. In reply 1 really feel it essential to reprimand these of you who’ve introduced unseemly issues in my lovely palace. Blocks of wooden, bins, stones, and such like are misplaced within the saloon of a king. I didn’t carry them right here, but I’m blamed for the need of consolation a few of you are actually experiencing. The fault is totally your personal. As a substitute of blaming me it’s best to blame yourselves. Have you ever not heard of the previous proverb : ‘ Within the place the place the tree falleth, there it shall be ’ ? (Eccles. xi. three). ‘ As a person maketh his chair, so should he sit thereon.’ ” The friends then held their peace, lor every one realised that his consolation or discomlort was totally on account of his personal conduct. The banquet got here to an finish and the king dismissed his friends.

After an interval the king once more despatched the next message to all his servants : “ I intend at some future date to offer a banquet. I shall be most completely satisfied to have you ever all as my friends. I anticipate you to arrange yourselves in a turning into method; each one ought to bathe and anoint himseli, costume in his finest gaiments and be prepared to satisfy me in my palace.” The date was not mounted when the banquet was to happen. The smart servants of the king instantly went dwelling and ready themselves for the royal banquet. They even went to the courtyard of the palace in order to not be late on the feast. They mentioned to 1 one other: “ Is it doubtless that, our royal grasp will lack something requisite for the banquet ? He owns flocks and vineyards, and he absolutely is able to feast with us at any second.”

Among the servants had been thought-less

Among the servants, nonetheless, had been thought-less, and went about their day by day work. It appeared however pure to them that, if the Iring had not mounted the date of his banquet, it was owing to the truth that he was not ready, and wouldn’t most likely be so for a while to return. Nice was their shock at even to listen to the king’s summons to return there after which to the banquet. “ What was to be carried out ? ” they requested the royal messenger. He replied: “ Come without delay, whilst you now are.”

Nahum came

Nahum came to the inn

On his homeward journey Nahum got here to the inn the place he had been robbed. He was cordially welcomed by the depraved host, who with a sly twinkle in his evil eye requested his visitor how he had fared on his journey.

“ My journey,” replies Nahum, “ was a whole success. After all I knew it might be so, for did 1 not say once I arose after my

night time’s relaxation in your home, ‘ That is additionally tor the very best ’ ? ”

“ However inform me.” said the roguish host. “ what did you’re taking to the good Caesar in Rome ? Why did you had tavour in his eyes i ”

“ Hear! ” cries Nahum. “ I dropped at Rome that which I took away trom right here, good host. Now let me have a morsel of bread and honey and I’ll proceed my journey.”

Alter Nahum had departed the depraved inn-keeper ordered his servants to drag down his inn and to take away the dear earth on which it stood. He had this earth most fastidiously packed in massive bins and positioned on a robust cart. He took it to Rome and demanded an viewers of the Emperor. When he was adnrtted he informed the Emperor that he unhealthy introduced a big supp’y of the fantastic moist earth, simply the identical as Nahum had introduced in his casket.

The Emperor ordered his servants to check the earth, which was discovered to be simply unusual earth, with none miraculous qualities. When knowledgeable of this reality the innkeeper was cross- examined. “ How are you aware that Nahum’s casket contained earth ? ” requested the Emperor. “ I confess,” cried the wretched innkeeper. “ that I robbed him, and it was my hand that positioned moist earth within the casket.” ” Traitor!”

Thundered the offended Emperor

Thundered the offended Emperor; “ you’ve robbed me and never the Jew, for the dear gems within the casket have been meant to be introduced to me as a present from the folks of Israel. To rob the Homan State or the Emperor has for its penalty loss of life, and you’ll meet your doom in accordance with the legal guidelines of justice.”

Three days later the depraved innkeeper was crucified, as prescribed by the la w’s of the Romans. When Nahum heard of his destiny he exclaimed: “ This is also for the very best.”

Not fairly so fast

“ What is that this,” he shrieked, “ right here in my hand ? ” He appeared and exclaimed: “ It’s halt a crown. Effectively, that is fortunate! I used to be simply now penniless, and now I’m like my fantastic father—with a fortunate half-crown to start out my fortune.”

“ Not fairly so fast, depraved spendthrift! ” cried somewhat voice. “ See, I’m your lifeless father’s previous and true buddy. You could have squandered all his fortune which I lent him. I now come to you to demand the return of all of the wealth I lent. This half-crown which I simply positioned in your hand is to remind you that you don’t even possess this very small quantity. Reap the harvest you have got sown.” With out one other phrase the dwarf —for he it was who was talking —snatched away the half-crown anil vanished. Dan fell to the bottom in a faint, and at that second the home of Samuel shook and fell in.

The Large Og

Og was sitting on the wall together with his toes reaching the bottom.

In very historical instances, lengthy earlier than tlie Flood, there lived a really mighty man, one of many males of renown, named Bhemchazad. lie had two sons named Og and Bihon. The latter was the youthful, and w’as born on the time of the Flood in Noah’s ark. Og was one of many tallest giants ever recognized. His top equalled that of seventy males. His urge for food was huge, and he may simply swallow a thousand oxen at one gulp; and as for his ingesting capability, he would assume nothing of ingesting the contents of 100 flasks of wine at a meal. Og refused to sleep on a picket mattress, for he knew that it might not be sturdy sufficient to hold his weight. He subsequently had an infinite mattress made from iron ; it wras so massive hundred males may simply have slept in it. When he walked he lined three miles at a step.

Noah telling the folks to repent

In his early days he had heard Noah telling the folks to repent, as in any other case the great God would ship a flood to destroy them. When the flood got here the waters nearly reached as much as his knees, and he betook himselt as shortly as he may run to Noah. When he got here to the ark he discovered that the door was closed. He subsequently sat down on a chunk of wooden underneath the putter of the ark. He then referred to as to Noah, who refused to permit him to enter the ark. “ However,” he roared, “ 1 shall die of starvation if you don’t feed me.” Noah replied: ” I’ll feed you every day if you’ll swear to be my servant for ever.” He there after which swore to Noah and to his sons that he can be their slave for ever. Noah then bored an aperture within the ark and he put by way of it meals for him, and he was saved alive on this method while Noah was within the ark.