The Little Old Man<\/b><\/p>\n
Once there was a little old man. His eyes blinked and his hands trembled; when he ate he clattered the silverware distressingly, missed his mouth with the spoon as often as not, and dribbled a bit of his food on the tablecloth. Now he lived with his married son, having nowhere else to live, and his son\u2019s wife didn\u2019t like the arrangement.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t have this,\u201d she said. \u201cIt interferes with my right to happiness.\u201d So she and her husband took the old man gently but firmly by the arm and led him to the corner of the kitchen. There they set him on a stool and gave him his food in an earthenware bowl. From then on he always ate in the corner, blinking at the table with wistful eyes.<\/p>\n
One day his hands trembled rather more than usual, and the earthenware bowl fell and broke. \u201cIf you are a pig,\u201d said the daughter-in-law, \u201cyou must eat out of a trough.\u201d So they made him a little wooden trough and he got his meals in that. <\/p>\n
These people had a four-year-old son of whom they were very fond. One evening the young man noticed his boy playing intently with some bits of wood and asked what he was doing. \u201cI\u2019m making a trough,\u201d he said, smiling up for approval, \u201cto feed you and Mamma out of when I get big.\u201d<\/p>\n
The man and his wife looked at each other for a while and didn\u2019t say anything. Then they cried a little. They then went to the corner and took the old man by the arm and led him back to the table. They sat him in a comfortable chair and gave him his food on a plate, and from then on nobody ever scolded when he clattered or spilled or broke things. <\/p>\n
One of Grimm\u2019s fairy tales, this anecdote has the crudity of the old, simple days.<\/p>\n
Grimm\u2019s Fairy Tales<\/p>\n
Quotes<\/b><\/p>\n
\u2022 Show me the man you honor and I will know what kind of man you are. – Thomas Carlyle<\/p>\n
\u2022 It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them. – Mark Twain<\/p>\n
Source unknown<\/p>\n
King of Poland<\/b><\/p>\n
John III Sobieski, King of Poland in the late 17th century, is best remembered as the man who saved central Europe from invading armies of Turks in 1683. With the Turks at the walls of Vienna, Sobieski led a charge that broke the seige. His rescue of Vienna is considered one of the decisive battles in European history. <\/p>\n
In announcing his great victory the king paraphrased the famous words of Caesar by saying simply, \u201cI came; I saw; God conquered.\u201d <\/p>\n
Today in the Word, MBI, August, 1991, p. 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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