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the ground. So, they lay in wait for
him.
Sure enough, the boy arrived, threw
stones at the trees and then gath-
ered up the dates that had fallen
down. The owners of the trees
rushed out and before the boy could
get away, they grabbed him. The
boy was very frightened and
alarmed, but however hard he
struggled and however loudly he
yelled, he could not escape from
the grasp of the men who had
caught him.
The men took the boy to the Holy
Prophet [s] and told him what the
boy had done. The boy stood
before the Prophet [s] feeling very
frightened. He was certain the
Prophet [s] would be angry with
him. But the Prophet [s] spoke to
him in a quiet, soft voice that had no
anger in it.
