One day arich man who had several loyal servants, fell sick----------------
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The Poor Man and the Rich ManIn olden times, when the dear Lord himself was still wandering the earth among mortals, he happened to grow tired one evening, and night descended before he could reach an inn. Then he saw two houses right in front of him, just opposite one another. One house was large and beauti-ful and belonged to a rich man, and the other was small and shabby and belonged to a poor man. Our dear Lord thought, “I’m sure I won’t be a burden to the rich man,” and he knocked at the door. All at once the rich man opened the window and asked what he wanted.“A night’s lodging.”The rich man examined the traveler from head to toe, and since the dear Lord was dressed very simply and didn’t look like he had much money in his pockets, the rich man shook his head and said, “I can’t put you up. My rooms are full of seeds. If I were to put up all the people who knocked at my door, then I’d soon have to go out begging for myself. Look for a place somewhere else.”With that he slammed the window shut and left the dear Lord stand-ing there. So the dear Lord turned around and went across the street to the small house. No sooner had he knocked than the poor man already had the door open and asked the traveler to enter and spend the night in his house.“It’s already dark,” he said, “and you won’t be able to go much farther tonight.”The Lord was pleased to hear that, and he entered the house. The poor man’s wife welcomed him by shaking his hand. She told him to make him-self feel at home and to feel free to use anything they had, even though they didn’t have much. Whatever they had, he could gladly have. Then she put potatoes on the fire, and while they were cooking, she milked the goat so that they would at least have a little milk with the meal. When the table had been set, the dear Lord sat down and ate with them, and he enjoyed the meager repast because there were grateful faces around him. When they had eaten and it was time to go to bed, the wife whispered to her .