“Bible? What is that, Padre dear?”
“What! You don’t know what the Bible is?” cried the astonished priest.
“No, Padre.”
“But have you never––has your padre Rosendo never told you that it is the book that tells––?”
“No,” the girl shook her head. “But,” her face kindling, “he told me that Jesus was God’s only son. But we are all His children, aren’t we?”
“Yes––especially you, little one! But Jesus was the greatest––”
“Did Jesus write the Bible, Padre?” the girl asked earnestly.
“No––we don’t know who did. People used to think God wrote it; but I guess He didn’t.”
“Then we will not read it, Padre.”