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took a willow branch, and let out the waters which Jesus bad collected. And
Jesus, seeing what was done, was angry, and said to him:
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O wicked, impious, and
foolish! what harm did the pools and the waters do to thee? Behold, even now
thou shalt be dried up like a tree, and thou shalt not bring forth either
leaves, or root,
or fruit.
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And straightway that boy was quite dried up. And Jesus departed, and
went to Joseph's house.
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But the parents of the boy that had been dried up took
him up, bewailing his youth, and brought him to Joseph, and reproached him
because, said they, thou hast such a child doing such things.