“But a famine came upon the land, and work failed.
“The man spent all the money which he had saved, until he had not a penny to buy food for his children.
“Then he went to a rich neighbour, and said: ‘My little children are crying for food, and I have no bread to give them. Help me.’
“And the rich man said:—
“‘I am a just man; I always pay my debts; but I owe you no money. Go! I cannot give you charity.’
“Then the poor man went to another neighbour, almost as poor as himself.
“‘Give me food for my little children,’ he said.
“‘Brother,’ said the poorer neighbour, ‘we have not much ourselves, but you shall share with us as long as a crust of bread remains.’
“Then they divided between them the little food that was left, and that food lasted until the hard times had passed.”
