Post content
ππππ π Moral story of the day π The Origin of the Mole July 11, 2022 by Ukrainian folktale Once upon a time a rich man and a poor man had a field in common, and they sowed it with the same seed at the same time. But God prospered the poor manβs labour and made his seed to grow, but the rich manβs seed did not grow. Then the rich man claimed that part of the field where the grain had sprung up, and said to the poor man, βLook now! βtis my seed that has prospered, and not thine!β The poor man protested, but the rich man would not listen, but said to him, βIf thou wilt not believe me, then, poor man, come into the field quite early to-morrow morning, before dawn, and God shall judge betwixt us.β Then the poor man went home. But the rich man dug a deep trench in the poor manβs part of the field and placed his son in it, and said to him, βLook now, my son; when I come hither to-morrow morning and ask whose field this is, say that it is not the poor manβs, but the rich manβs.β Then he well covered up his son with straw, and departed to his own house. In the morning all the people assembled together and went to the field, and the rich man cried, βSpeak, O God! whose field is this, the rich manβs or the poor manβs?β βThe rich manβs, the rich manβs,β cried a voice from the midst of the field. But the Lord Himself was among the people gathered together there, and He said, βListen not to that voice, for the field is verily the poor manβs.β Then the Lord told all the people how the matter went, and then He said to the son of the rich man, βStay where thou art, and sit beneath the earth all thy days, so long as the sun is in the sky.β So the rich manβs son became a mole on the spot, and that is why the mole always flies the light of day. Thanks for reading this story. ππππ https://t.me/Masterinstructor63