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3 of 9 of the story of The Seven Beggars
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The Deaf Beggar

On the second day of the seven days of celebration, the bride and groom remembered the second beggar who had fed them in the forest ,and they were lonely for the deaf one: but as they thought of him, he called, "Here I am! ".

And he came and kissed them, and said, "Today I bequeath upon you as a wedding gift that which I once gave you in blessing: be as I am, and live a life as good as mine; surely you believe that I am deaf: I am not deaf at all, but the error of the world is not worth my hearing, for the world is all error, and the cries of its people are but folly, and even their joy is filled with error: what need have I to hear evil when I lead a life so good and flawless, for see,I have made even the people of the Land of Luxury understand that there is nothing in the world so good to eat as bread, and no drink better than water.

"Once all the people of the Land of Luxury came together and vied with each other in telling of the ease in which they lived; one man spoke of the humming bird’s wings upon which he feasted, and another told of the rare wine he drank, and each boasted of a luxury greater than his neighbour’s, until I said, ‘I live a life of rarer ease and luxury than yours!’, They all looked at my beggar’s mantle, and laughed, but I said to them, ‘I know a land where a garden grows that is filled with trees over laden with marvellous fruits. Once the fruits had every tempting odour and flavour and beauty in the world, and every good thing that grows was in that garden.

A gardener watched over the trees, and pruned them, and cared for their growth; but the gardener has disappeared and cannot be found,there is no one to take care of the trees, and the people live onlyfrom the wild growth of the dropped seed. Even of this, they might have lived well; but a tyrant king invaded their land. He did not harm the people, and he did not himself spoil their garden, but he left behind him three companies of soldiers: one company made the taste of the garden into bitterness, the other made the odour into stench, and the third made its beauty into clouded darkness.’

"Then l said to the people of the Land of Luxury, ‘Help the people of this other kingdom, for the taste, the beauty, and the odour is gone from their fruit, and if you do not help them, the same evil may reach to your land! ‘ So they set out for the spoiled kingdom, but lived in luxury on their journey, until they came close to the garden, and then the beauty, and the taste, and the delectable odour began to go from their own food, and they did not know what to do. So I gave them some of my bread to eat; and my water to drink, and they tasted all the riches of their fine foods, and they breathed all the delectable odours, and they saw all the beauties of the fruitsin the bread and water that I gave them.

Meanwhile the people of the spoiled kingdom remembered that their gardener was of one root with the people of the Land of Luxury, so they decided to send envoys to that kingdom of plenty. The envoys met on the road with the people from the Land of Luxury, and they took council together, and sent me first into the spoiled land.

"Then I went into the city and saw people. assembled in the street; I listened to them, and heard one whisper to the other, while the other laughed and whispered to a third, and I knew it was filth that they uttered.I went further, and saw people quarrel and go to a court and quarrel again and go to another court, until the whole city was filled with judges and bribery; and the city was also filled with lust.

Then I knew that the invading king had left his three battalions in the city to spread the three diseases: of filth that had spoiled the taste in their mouth, and bribery that had made their eyes blind, and lust that was a stench in their nostrils. So I said to them, ‘Let us drive out these strangers; and perhaps the gardener will be found again.’

Then the men from the Land of Luxury , who ate of my bread and water,and were well of sight and scent and hearing, helped me and wherever they caught one of the soldiers, they drove him from the land."There was a madman that wandered in the streets and cried continually that he was a gardener; everyone laughed at him, and some even threwstones at him. Then I said to them, ‘Perhaps he is really the gardener; bring him to me.’ They brought him, and I saw that he was indeed the gardener. and he was restored to the garden. So the people again knew the taste of their fruit. and the scent. and the beauty of it; and in reward I was given the good life, and today I bestow it upon you."Again the wedding guests rejoiced, and the bride and groom were happy.