Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . t to his brothers. Listen to the dream I had last night, he thought I was with you binding sheaves of grainin the field, and when I laid down my sheaf, it stoodup, and yours, standing up all around, bowed downand worshipped my sheaf. His brethren answered, Foolish boy, do youthink then that you should be our king and we shouldbe subject to you and obey your orders? So the dream became another cause of envy andhatred, both of which were increased when Josephhad another dr
Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . t to his brothers. Listen to the dream I had last night, he thought I was with you binding sheaves of grainin the field, and when I laid down my sheaf, it stoodup, and yours, standing up all around, bowed downand worshipped my sheaf. His brethren answered, Foolish boy, do youthink then that you should be our king and we shouldbe subject to you and obey your orders? So the dream became another cause of envy andhatred, both of which were increased when Josephhad another dream and told it to his father and hisbrethren. Last night in my sleep I thought I saw the sun,the moon and eleven stars worship me. 456 The Story or Joseph 457 Even the father blamed the boy for telling hisdream in so proud and lofty a manner. What! said the father. Do you think thatthis dream means that I and your mother and yourbrethren shall worship you upon earth? Nevertheless, the father wondered if this did notmean that some time .Tose])h would ])e king. A little while after, it hap])ened that Jacob called. 458 The Story of Joseph Joseph and said, Your brethren are now feedingtheir sheep in Shechem. I want you to go to themand see if all things be well and prosperous, and thencome again and tell me what they are doing. Joseph answered, I am ready. So he wentfrom the vale of Hebron and came unto Shechem;but here he could find no trace of either his brethrenor their flocks. At last, however, a man spied him wandering inthe fields, and asked him what he sought. Josephanswered, I am looking for my brethren. Tell mewhere they have fled with their flocks. The man answered, They have gone from thisplace. I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. So Joseph passed on into Dothan, and there hefound his brethren, who, when they saw himapproach, began to talk among themselves afterthis fashion: Lo! here the dreamer comes. Let usslay liim and throw his body into this old sha
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