An eagle planted a vine. The vine grew toward the eagle, until another eagle came and watered the vine, and then the vine grew toward that eagle. Then some people came and pulled the vine out of the ground, and it withered and died.

The end.

Interpretation

The king of Babylon took the Jews captive. They were forced to lived under a treaty with him, until the Egyptians came and tried to rescue the Jews. But then God came and thwarted the Egyptians and let the Jews be scattered and killed.

The moral of the story

Build a good fence around your gardening projects. That should help keep out troublemakers. Unless the troublemakers happen to be all-powerful gods. Then there’s nothing you can do.

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