Once there lived a man who had a valleyful of needles.
And one day the mother of Jesus came to him and said: "Friend, my son's
garment is torn and I must needs mend it before he goeth to the temple.
Wouldst thou not give me a needle?"
And he gave her not a needle, but he gave her a learned discourse on
Giving and Taking to carry to her son before he should go to the temple.
