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The women said goodbye to the twins. The first woman accompanied the twins outside. They ascended to the surface, like gophers. A five-year-old passed by. He was impressed. He said, “Hi.”
“Hi,” said Haggai, “would you please guide me back to Peasant Street?” “Peasant Street? That‘s exactly fifty-three miles away.” “Do you think you can take us there?” said Heber.
“Take you there?” the boy laughed. “...How? I can‘t drive. Besides, I can‘t go anywhere without my parents‘ permission.”
“We didn‘t mean literally take us there. We meant that we want you to tell us how to go
there.”
“Oh, you want me to tell you how to go there.” They knew how to go there. They were just testing the little boy‘s ingenious. They wanted to test his problem-solving skills. “If you want to, I can have my mom look it up on the Internet, in the white pages, and then she can print out the directions.”
“That would be nice.”
“Do you think you can wait?”
“Sure,” said Haggai. “We can wait.”
The little boy went inside his house and met his mother in the kitchen. She was making him a snack, brownies. They were made with healthy cooking spray and all of her love. He went up to her and gave her a hug and a kiss. "Hello, Mom."
"Hello, honey," she said, "your brownies will be ready in just a minute."
"Mom, I need you to do something for me while the brownies cook."
"Sure, baby, what is it?"
"I need you to get on the computer and print out driving directions to go to Peasant Street. I met three people outside who got lost and they asked me to take them there somehow. That's the only way that I could possibly think of to get them there, by giving them printed directions."
"I told you not to talk to strangers," she said and got on her knees and caressed his cheek, "but I admire your beautiful intentions of helping others."
"They're good people. Besides, they couldn't have kidnapped me because obviously, they didn't bring a car with them. Their car is in Peasant Street, I think."
"I thought they had brought their car."
"No, they didn't."
"Well, in that case," she said and held his hand, walking him to the door. She opened the door, "let's take our new friends to Peasant Street!" They sped out the door.
Heber and his family arrived home. Everyone got out of the car simultaneously. They went to the entrance door. Haggai observed the living room. He‘d never been to Heber‘s house before.
Suddenly, he got a call on his cellular phone. Heber knew that the caller had fallen madly in love with Haggai, and he wanted to bring her closer to him. She saw Haggai‘s phone numbers with a picture of him on her computer desktop while she was typing up a report. She called Haggai immediately.
“Hello,” he said, “this is Haggai Brady.”
“Is it Haggai Brady,” the lady asked, “the most beautiful and handsome man in the universe?” and then gave away a sigh. “Oh, my God, I must be dreaming!”