Part 16 (2/2)

Pray, how did you e to do it?”

”In ued each case with ave to my jaw, Has lasted the rest of my life”

”You are old,” said the youth; ”one would hardly suppose That your eye was as steady as ever; Yet you balanced an eel on the end of your nose-- What made you so awfully clever?”

”I have answered three questions, and that is enough,”

Said his father; ”don't give yourself airs!

Do you think I can listen all day to such stuff?

Be off, or I'll kick you down-stairs!”

”That is not said right,” said the Caterpillar

”Not _quite_ right, I'ot altered”

”It is wrong fro to end,” said the Caterpillar decidedly, and there was silence for some minutes

LEWIS CARROLL: ”The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland”

DAVID AND GOLIATH

Now the Philistines gathered together their arathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them

And there went out a champion out of the caht was six cubits and a span And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was arht of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beahed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shi+eld went before him

And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? Am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? Choose you a ht with me, and to kill ainst him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us And the Philistine said, I defy the arether

When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were disreatly afraid

And David rose up early in the , and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had co forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, are in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by na to the same words: and David heard them And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he co will enrich hihter, and make his father's house free in Israel And David spake to the , What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? For who is this Philistine, that he should defy the ar God? And the people answered hi, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him

And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him

And David said to Saul, Let no ht with this Philistine And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock: And I went out after him, and smote hiainst ht him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this Philistine shall be as one of the God David said moreover, The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine And Saul said unto David, Go, and the Lord be with thee

And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put a helmet of brass upon his head; also he arirded his sword upon his aro; for he had not proved it

And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them And David put them off him And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put the which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine

And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shi+eld went before him And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance And the Philistine said unto David, A, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his Gods