The worker began to cry, “My dear master, you treated me better than my father and mother did. But one of the town priests began convincing me that I should travel to a distant town, and he promised me that there I would receive a nice house with some fields. Even after he repeated this offer to me numerous times, I refused to listen to him.
“Then, one night somebody asked me to come outside. When I came outside a few men grabbed me and placed me in a wagon. They tied me up and drove me to a very distant place. They dropped me off without giving me anything and since then I have been walking from place to place, and I have no way to support myself. I always desired to return to you, but the distance was too far to walk, and I had no way to pay for transportation.
I wasn't planning on coming here today, but last night an elderly Jew and his attendant came to me, after placing me in their wagon they brought me here. I slept throughout the night in their traveling wagon, and in the morning when I awoke the elderly Jew told me: Search for your master, as he is here at the fair!
The worker then began pleading, please take me back with you to your house, so I don't die of starvation!
