The Journeys of Gubir and Jaresh

1And after many days a woman in the village did take compassion upon them. And she did give unto them food and drink, that they would not perish. And the woman did teach unto them the language of their people. Wherefore they were held prisoner within the village for the space of one and a half years. And this was the seventh year of the reign of King Oram. And in this year King Oram did have a vision come unto him in a dream. And this dream did greatly confuse King Oram. Therefor he did call forth all the wise men in his kingdom. And he did hold council together with them, and during this council he spake his dream unto them. And his dream did confound some of these wise men. And others said, Behold it is simply the imaginings of your mind. And yet others, determined to give the king a meaning, did imagine their own meanings to the dream. Wherefore the King did know that these were imaginings because of their complexity and of their confusions. And it came to pass that while Gubir and Jaresh were bound within the village, they did hear concerning the dream of the king. Wherefore they did hear because the news of it did spread through all of the tribe. And they spake one to another saying, Let us go forth unto the King, for we are servants of the Lord. And surely He will reveal the meaning of the King's dream unto us. And so it shall be so that the King may come unto the path of the Lord. Wherefore Gubir and Jaresh did proclaim unto the warriors that they knew the meaning of the dream of the king and they did request a meeting with the King. Now because of the distress of the king they were taken before him that he might hear their words. Wherefore they did enter unto the chambers of the King and did speak unto him saying, King Oram we have heard of they dream and that it has troubled your mind greatly. We believe that the meaning of your dream will come unto us through the power of God. And the King being an unbeliever did see fit to test them. Wherefore he did separate Gubir and Jaresh. And he did this so that he could ask them each for the interpretation of his dream and if the interpretations thereof did match then they truly did come from God. However if the interpretations differed, even to the slightest degree, then they were not from God and would be put to death. For he thought that they might be warriors sent from another kingdom to kill him and his people. Now King Oram did speak of his dream to Gubir. And behold Gubir did give a meaning thereof. And behold King Oram did then go into the house were Jaresh was. And he did divulge his dream to Jaresh. Now this was the vision which was given unto King Oram in a dream. For he did see a young water buffalo grazing in a field. And from a great distance a white snake did approach the young water buffalo. And as he watched he did see the white snake begin to coil around the water buffalo. And as the snake did begin to coil around the water buffalo, the water buffalo did begin to fight. But inasmuch as the young water buffalo did fight, the white snake continued to ensnare the water buffalo with its coils. And behold the water buffalo did remain ensnared in the snake's coils for many years. And he did also see in his dream a great eagle descended upon the snake. Wherefore the eagle and the snake did do battle even until the snake was defeated and did leave the water buffalo and flee. And after a time and large dragon did attack both the great eagle and the young water buffalo. And it came to pass that the large dragon did spread its wings and cause the great eagle to flee. And it came to pass that the great eagle did make a vow to the young water buffalo that it would return. After a short time he did see the great eagle return and it drove the dragon away across the seas. Wherefore the great eagle did stay with the young water buffalo and did nurture and help it. Then King Oram did look again and the great eagle returned to its land across the sea. And after the eagle had left, the strong water buffalo did become weak and thin insomuch as it was near death. Wherefore he saw the dying water buffalo and it found a scroll and it did eat the scroll. Wherefore after the water buffalo partook of the scroll it arose and gained great strength even so much strength that it grew and dominated the regions round about. And he saw it dominate the tail of the great eagle, and it dominated the claws of the large dragon, and it dominated the tail of the white snake. And these are the things that King Oram did see in his dream. Yea, he was greatly confused by this dream.