youngest would ask you to spend the night, but
being too embarrassed to ask, yourself?"
24 "How dare you say such things?" the woman screamed, "How dare you?"
25 The boy took The Holy Writings from The Altar, carrying them over to
the woman. "If what I say is untrue," he argued, "put your hand on this Book and swear it is
so. Then I will believe you. Otherwise than that, know that there is no
shame in you for what you desire. You are only a normal woman, seeking
the normal things that a woman seeks."
26 The woman put out her hand as if to touch The Book, then sat down,
weeping.
27 "The Lords," continued the boy, never want to hurt Their Children.
But when They wander from what is true, They must sometimes shake them
and point them back to The Proper Path." He put The Sacred Writings
back, walked back to his mother, climbed in her lap, and promptly went
to sleep.
28 The Speaker stood. "Today," he announced, "we have seen a Wonder. We
have heard a child who should barely be able to speak, speak for The
Lords
with such authority that we cannot question The Wisdom of his
statements. I, too, must ad my voice against the heresy we heard
earlier. It is not The Lords Teachings, and I should have made that
plain, earlier.
29 I have been lax in my duties. I will not be lax again. If I had not
been before, this public harshness would not have been necessary. I
hope the next time this child speaks, it will not be to rebuke us, but
to give us Wisdom!"
30 Now other Speakers heard what had happened, and began to come to the
Fox home. They were amazed at the child's knowledge, and invited him to come and speak at their
Temples. At first Gray Fox refused all invitations, but finally an old
friend asked him to