THE ORIGIN OF THE MOLE,

NCE 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 man’s labour
and made his seed to grow, but
the rich man’s 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: “Look now! ‘tis my seed that has
prospered, and not thine!” The poor man protested,
but the rich man would not listen, but said to
him: * If 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.”

Then the poor man went home. But the rich man
dug a deep trench in the poor man’s part of the field
and placed his son in it, and said to him: ‘“ Look now,