WHAT THEY SEEM

Two traveling angels stopped to spend
the night in the home of a family. The
family was rude and refused to let the
angels stay in the mansion's guest room.
Instead, the angels were given a small
space in the old basement.



WHAT THEY SEEM

Two traveling angels stopped to spend
the night in the home of a family. The
family was rude and refused to let the
angels stay in the mansion's guest room.
Instead, the angels were given a small
space in the old basement.

As they made their bed on the hard floor,
the older angel saw a hole in the wall
and repaired it. When the younger angel
asked why, the older angel replied,
"Things aren't always what they seem."

The next night the pair came to rest
at the house of a very poor, but very
hospitable farmer and his wife. After
sharing what little food they had,
the couple let the angels sleep in
their bed where they could have a good
night's rest.

When the sun came up the next morning,
the angels found the farmer and his wife
in tears. Their only cow, whose milk had
been their sole income, lay dead in the
field.

The younger angel was infuriated and
asked the older angel, "How could you
have let this happen? The first man had
everything, yet you helped him!" she
accused. "The second family had little
but was willing to share everything,
and you let the cow die."

"Things aren't always what they seem,"
the older angel replied. "When we stayed
in the basement of the mansion, I noticed
there was gold stored. He was so obsessed
with greed and unwilling to share his
good fortune, I sealed the wall so he
wouldn't find it.

"Then last night as we slept in the
farmer's bed, the angel of death came
for his wife. I gave him the cow instead.
Things aren't always what they seem."

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