Thomas preparation against the coming of the king to his house.

A long time ago there was a man whose name was Thomas. He was clever, but he had very little money. And, although he wanted to get rich quickly, he did not work hard.

So one morning he went out of the city to a place where there were no houses. There he bagan to build a his permanent house, inside the compound he built a small hut of wood and stone. His friends in the city came and watch him, and one of them said, 'you've got a large land in the city to Build your house; why are you building your house hear ?

And Thomas said, ' you'all will see. Now please go away and let me get on with my work. So they went away, shaken their heads; they thought he was mad.

When the hut was finished, Thomas went back to his friends in the city. Do you still want to know why I was building my house out there ? ' he asked. They said they did.

And Thomas began saying, well, you see, last night I had a dream. In the the dream an Angel spoke to me. He said, '' For one day, and for only one day, I shall be come to this city and you must build for me a house and small hut in it at a far distance away from the city. I shall sit in that hut so that all good men can see me and talk to me. But if a bad man comes, he won't see me, and shan't talk to him.''' Thomas's friends looked at one another. And Thomas said, ' Now, do you want to come and see the Angel ?'

They said they did, so Thomas took them back to the hut he had built. As they went, each man was asking, ' Am I a good man ? Am I good to enough to see the Angel ? Or Shan't I see him because I'm a bad man....?