"This is my chance. The ALMIGHTY must have wanted it to happen this way. If HE does not answer him, I will help him." And so, by cupping his hands and putting on a deep and solemn voice, the beggar spoke to the merchant through the crevice, saying
"What is your name, my son?" After looking all around him in fright, the merchant answered, and the voice continued,
"I am going to grant you salvation, but you must leave your fortune in the hands of someone who I will point out to you."
"My lord," replied the merchant, "I have brought everything I possess, although some of it is not mine. I have a wife and children, but have left them nothing to live on."
"Good," the voice went on, "then the first man you see on the road, you will give him half of your fortune, and so your wife and children
