ABSTRACT
In the time of the deportations, when the edict went out, saying, “Prepare to leave your homes,” everyone went into a panic, saying, “What are we going to take with us? What are we going to do?” But the village elder is in a different world. He shows no panic whatsoever. He’s sitting down, repairing the threshing sledge. “Come on, now. It’s time to leave,” they cry. “You’re not going to be able to take this threshing sledge with you, so why are you still sitting there, repairing it?”
