Attend to the Parable of the Ungrateful Father. Once, very near to the end of all things, there was...

Attend to the Parable of the Ungrateful Father.

Once, very near to the end of all things, there was a foolish old man. He had a daughter, strong and proud and beautiful, who should have been the joy of his life—but he mistook her strength for arrogance, and her pride for conceit. Her beauty, which should have brought light to their dark little home, only made him fear that someday she would be taken from him.

And then, one day, she was.

This parable has no lesson—or at least, none that I have the heart to tell.