Christmas Bits and Thoughts and Midrashim #7
With haunted eyes peering out across the hills, he asks me, or no one, "I wonder--what do you think became of them?" I know who he means. I have wondered too, at times, as I lay plates on the table that they left in payment for their stay. Since the slaughter, I have wondered about them often in this bleak, grey season, grey with sackcloth, grey with ash. They were such a sweet couple. I won't forget them, that's for sure! I wasn't there when they came. So much to do with the travelers and the Romans in and out. And Eli -- I could not believe it! He put them in the stable! Said he didn't even see she was with child ~ the LUNK!! He just thought they looked tired, and as he was about to turn them away, he thought of the stable. Huh! He could have put those camel drivers in the stable. How could he not have seen? I found out in the middle of the night--it was a funny night. It had been co