38. The Foul-Mouthed Priest

The people of Shaqlawa complained to the bishop about a foul-mouthed priest. The bishop went to Shaqlawa to find out if the people were right, but could not find any fault with him. One day he and the priest visited an old woman to bless her house. She kept them waiting at the door, as she went to collect eggs and lay them under the hens, so that they would hatch, because she believed all eggs would hatch when a priest comes to visit. When the foul-mouthed priest lost his patience and started calling her names, the bishop finally realised that the people of Shaqlawa were right.