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Now the word of Keturah came unto me saying, Hie thee unto the shop of the Grocer, and buy thou for me a Pound of Butter, and certain Other Things whereof I have written down a List.

So I went unto the shop of the Grocer. And there entered an Husbandman with Money in his Pocket and more in the Bank. And he spake unto the Grocer, and he boasted, and he said, Behold, I have sold my Wheat at the Government Price, and Believe Me, it was Some Price. Yea, and I got Eighty Three for my Oats, and One Twenty Seven for my Corn. And he was Very Proud of what he supposed he had done.

And he spake to the Grocer, and said, Give unto me a Package of Oatmeal, and behold here is thy Dime.

And the Grocer said, The Oatmeal which was once a Dime is now Fifteen Cents.

And the Husbandman said, It is an Outrage; I will not pay it. Give me a Breakfast Food made of Wheat.

And the Grocer said, That will cost thee more.

And he said, Let me have Corn Flakes.

And the Grocer said, That also is fifteen cents.

And the Husbandman said, The Grocers are Robbers, the Millers are Thugs; they are in Conspiracy to Rob the Poor Farmer, whose industry try feedeth them all.

And he was wroth, and he departed.

And he considered not the price at which he had sold his Wheat and his Corn and his Oats.

The “modern” day parables were written by William Eleazer Barton in the first years of the 20th century. Publised in 1919 the collection looks to find evidence of the kingdom of heaven in everyday events and occurances as described by the author in the introduction.

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