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THE WAY OF LIFE
even a trace left of our race. We have to think about this seriously. Go and try again. I will give you three years time. If you can seduce the farmer to commit a sin within three years, I will give you a reward; and I will also elevate you to a higher rank".
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Having received Satan's command, the messenger again came back to this world. He thought of many plans to seduce the farmer. A clever plan occurred to him; and he felt elated. He assumed the guise of a labourer; and managed to join the service of the farmer as a worker. In the first year, Satan's messenger advised the farmer not to sow wheat in the field but to sow it in the lower part of the field which was a ramp. Accordingly, the farmer sowed wheat in the ramp. That year since there were no rains, the wheat crop of the other peasants dried away in the scorching sun; but that farmer had an excellent harvest. Naturally, he harvested more wheat.
The next year, Satan's messenger advised the farmer to sow wheat in his fields situated on a hilly area. That year, since there was a heavy rainfall all the fields were flooded with water and the wheat crop of the other farmers was washed away, while that farmer got a plentiful harvest of wheat because he had sown wheat in his fields situated at a higher level. The heap of wheat was itself like a hill. The farmer began to wonder what he should do with such a large quantity of wheat. He asked the worker who was a devil in disguise for his opinion. The worker replied, "You can brew liquor using this wheat". The farmer said, "How can we brew liquor out of wheat ?" The worker replied, "I know how to brew liquor out of wheat". The farmer was greatly delighted and permitted the worker to make liquor out of the wheat. The devil's messenger brewed the most intoxicating liquor using that wheat. The farmer drank cup after cup of liquor and also offered it to his friends. Satan's messenger felt exultant at his success and went strutting haughtily to his master, Satan; and gave him a report of all the occurrences. Satan himself personally came to the place where the farmer had begun drinking wine. When Satan came to the house of the farmer, he found a large number of men and women gathered in front of his house. It was a recreational
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