He started the ripple again, while he waited for Wygor's answer. Each of his twelve right feet came down in turn while he glared across the business bench at Wygor Bedis. Clopclopclop clop-clopclop- clopclop-clop clopclopclop. Ith the careful precision of controlled anger, Dodeth Pell rippled a stomp along his right side. And at that moment his eyes were opened and he saw the angel before him. Have I ever been known to fail thee?Īnd Balaam answered: No. Then the ass spoke and said: Why dost thou beat me? I have always obeyed thee and never have I failed thee. When the ass stopped for the third time and lay down, refusing to go further, Balaam waxed exceeding wrath and smote again the animal with a stick. And again the ass turned aside, despite the beating from Balaam, who, in his blindness, was unable to see the angel. Balaam smote the beast and forced it to return to the path, and again the angel blocked the way with drawn sword. Balaam, not seeing or recognizing the angel, kept urging his ass forward, but the ass recognized the angel and turned aside. On the road, he met an angel with drawn sword, barring the way. It is written in the Book of Numbers that Balaam, a wise man of the Moabites, having been ordered by the King of Moab to put a curse upon the invading Israelites, mounted himself upon an ass and rode forth toward the camp of the Children of Israel. Sometimes a child is more perceptive-because more straightforward and logical-than an adult. The remarkable characteristic of Balaam's ass was that it was more perceptive than its master. THE ASSES OF BALAAM By DAVID GORDON Illustrated by Schoenherr copyright on this publication was renewed.

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