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The sages counted the kings and commoners shut out of eternity, and almost wrote Solomon among them, until fire drove them from the benches.
The merchants laughed at a scholar with no crate. After customs took every bale, they found him teaching Torah in the synagogue and asked him to plead.
Seven sons of Jesse crossed the yard while Samuel held a full horn. Heaven said no to every one of them, and the youngest was still with the sheep.
Samuel flushed red at the shepherd boy, sure he saw another Esau, while the house sneered at the son of Jesse who called himself a mere stain.
