At the story’s beginning, the poor brother throws off his red coat of soldiering and becomes a farmer, a major life transformation that makes him his brother’s opposite. Ian and I contrast these brothers, including in comparison to The Bible’s Cain and Abel. A fruit of his labor is an enormous turnip. He does not know what to do with it, so he gives it to the king as a mark of respect. So he is poor, but he gives his most extraordinary thing, and not out of calculation, but a spirit of benevolent ignorance.

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A daughter promises her dying mother she’ll remain good and pious, and does so. Her father remarries and his stepdaughters consign Cinderella to housework. She asks her father for a humble gift – a hazel tree branch that touches him on the way, and she plants it and everything transforms for her.

Join us for this discussion on quiet, hidden virtue and loud wrangling, about work and faith vs. denigration of your competition.

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I plan to conduct more interviews with various guests, so please check back later for those.