The First Christmas and Other Bible Stories: New Testament - Gift Edition by Enid Blyton

Author:Enid Blyton
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Tags: Juvenile Nonfiction, Holidays & Celebrations, Bible Stories, Juvenile Fiction, Christmas & Advent, New Testament, Religion, Classics, Short Stories
ISBN: 9781444932829
Publisher: Hachette Children's
Published: 2016-10-06T10:48:33.943000+00:00

The Loaves and the Fishes

There was once a small boy who lived up in the hills that rose above the Lake of Galilee. He lived in a little white house with his mother and father and little sister. He was quite an ordinary little boy, who didn’t dream that one day something wonderful was going to happen to him.

He helped his father on the hills, and he fetched water for his mother and sometimes looked after his little sister. Often he went fishing by himself, catching the fish in his hands, for he had no net.

One day he caught two little fish, and he was very proud of himself. He took them to his mother.

‘Will you pickle these for me?’ he asked her. She smiled at him.

‘Yes, I will pickle them for you,’ she said. ‘And you shall eat them tomorrow. There will only be enough for you because they are so small.’

So she pickled the two little fish and put them aside for the boy.

Now the next day the little boy was out on the hills with his little sister when he suddenly saw a great many people. They were streaming along the roads that led to the country round about the village of Bethsaida. The little boy had never seen so many people in the hills before.

He was astonished. Where had they all come from? And why were they there? Had something happened?

‘I’m going to ask what’s happened,’ the boy told his sister. ‘Stay here till I come back. What hundreds of people there are!’

He ran off to the crowds. ‘What’s happened?’ he asked. ‘Why have you all come here? There is nobody about here usually, except the villagers.’

‘We’re looking for Jesus,’ said a woman. ‘He set off in His boat across the lake with His disciples. So we’ve walked round the lake to find Him. He must be somewhere here. Have you seen Him?’

‘Who is Jesus?’ asked the little boy.

‘Oh, haven’t you heard of Him?’ said another boy. ‘He’s a wonderful man. He can do miracles and wonders! He can, really! He makes sick people well again and He can even make dead people alive. And there’s another thing – He can tell the most marvellous stories. That’s why I’ve come today. I love stories.’

‘So do I,’ said the boy from the hills. ‘I wish I could see this wonderful man and hear His stories. I think I’ll go and ask my mother if I may.’

He ran off home, and rushed into the house so fast that his mother looked up in surprise.

‘Mother! Have you heard of a man called Jesus?’ panted the boy. ‘He’s somewhere in the hills nearby today. You should see the crowds that have come to hear Him! Mother, may I go and hear Him too? He tells stories and does miracles. I do so want to see Him.’

‘Very well,’ said his mother, smiling at the excited little boy. ‘Just wait a minute, though, and let me pack you up some food to take with you.

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