"'They are things that people worship, just as we worship Jehovah and Jesus. If you do not believe it, go and ask papa.'
"He then came to me, and said, 'Look at that!' And repeated what Mary had told him. 'Is it true?' he asked.
"'It is,' was the reply.
"Having gazed at me for a moment, in astonishment, he said, 'I know you do not lie; but how can it be?'
"And laying the book down upon a piece of timber I was planing, he looked at it, putting his hands to both sides of his head, and waving it backward and forward.
"Presently he asked, 'Have those people that make these things of wood and stone, heads like me?'
"'Yes.'
"'Have they got legs?'
"'Yes.'
"'Can they talk and think? Can they explain a difficult thing? Can they speak in a public meeting, like our senators?'