Actions Bring Consequences
Sermons On The First Readings
Once upon a time an otter rushed before the king and cried out, "My lord, you are a king who loves justice and rules fairly. You have established peace among your kingdom, yet now there is no peace." "Who has broken the peace?" inquired the king. "The weasel," answered the otter. "I dove into the lake to hunt for food for my children, leaving them in the care of the weasel. While I was gone, my children were killed. 'An eye for an eye,' the Good Book says. I demand vengeance!" The king thus sent for the weasel, who soon appeared before the monarch.