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There was a man who called upon the Lord for help, ""Please help me dear Lord that I might build my house." He went into the city and called upon his brothers to help him, and three came to help, but the fourth brother was drunken in the streets.
""Build your own house,"" said the fourth brother. ""I have no need to help you. If I help you, I can not drink I have to lay down my wine. I would rather be happy and drunk than help you build."
So the other three helped the first man build his house and when it was done they marveled at their work by God's hand, and gave him praise.
Soon afterward there came a great rain and the rains fell for three days straight, The three brothers that had helped build the house were all inside praising the Lord for the house they had built, while the drunken brother stayed outside.
Soon he came to the door and banged on it, ""Please let me in!!!"" he cried.
But because the rain was so loud and their praise for God so high, they did not hear him, in his
drunken speech. And so he cursed them and went with his wine to the center of town and fell asleep thus drowning in a puddle of rain.
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