This is the worst day of my life!
Even worse-er! A list of chores!
Shalom, Mr, Sun,
What a beautiful day,
Shalom, Mr, Bird,
Shalom, Mr, Apples,
Shalom, Abb-- Whoa!
What--? What was that? You don't know your own strength,
Are you okay?
Yeah, Sorry, Joshua,
Great, this was my mother's favorite pot to accidentally kill lilies in,
Look what Yael made me do!
I'm gonna keep this as proof to show her what she did to me,
What happened?
Yael made fun of me at the market this morning and everyone laughed,
So I've been thinking of what I should have said back to her,
"Hey, Yael! The year 15 sent an epistle, and it wants its hair back,"
Too much?
Okay, um, how about:
"Nice dress, Yael,
Did a bad dressmaker make it for you?"
- I'm guessing insults aren't her thing, - And here's where I come in,
No, no,
Hmm, How about, an eye for an eye?
Yeah!
"Hey, Yael! Let's trade eyes!" No, that's weird,
No, it's from the Torah,
"An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth,"
I'm pretty sure it means that if someone wrongs you, you get to wrong them back,
Well, if it's in the Torah,
Let's see,
what's a revenge equal to embarrassing me in public?
We could carry her bed out at night, put it on a cargo boat,
and then when she wakes up, she'll be in Tiberias!
We could dig a canal from Galilee all the way into her house
so that she steps in the water and her feet will get all wet!
Ooh, We could pour lion food all around her home,
and then she'll never be able to leave!
That'll show her,
Man, what did she say to you?
I couldn't help but hear some secret planning over here,
and as my father always says,
"Listen to the people,
especially when they're secretly planning stuff,"
Your parents say different things than our parents,
It's no secret though, Hilarius, Yael made fun of me in front of everyone,
I'm sure you've heard,
- Well, I didn't hear that from anyone, - Oh, good,
- I was there, - Oh, Of course,
- Just glad it wasn't me, - Oh,
Abby was just trying to come up with some revenge,
Ooh! Can I help? Revenge is my favorite!
Actually, I was about to give Abby a pretty wild idea,
Tell me!
We slide a piece of parchment under her door,
Mm-hmm,
And when she goes to read it, it says,
"Made you look at this parchment!"
Huh?
Speaking of parchment, here's something my dad has done before,
We tell her father
that he's just been chosen to join the army,
- Mm,,, - That's pretty dark,
It's just a prank for a few weeks,
but you should see the look on their faces,
- We can't do that, Hilarius, - See?
- Their family isn't Roman, - But you shouldn't do that to anybody,
Hmm, So we go with one of my plans, Do either of you have lion food?
My dad says cats are pets for weak people,
Then we go with plan B, Hilarius, how many shovels do you have?
Gross, Does it look like I own a shovel?
One time, my brother Jared made me dig a well,
and I got stuck in it for three days,
Hmm, Maybe I'm thinking too big,
I know what to do!
Seriously?
Wait, wait, wait, This is gonna be so good,
Uh,,,
Ow,
That bag of hers is starting to feel a little symbolic,
- Tell me about it, - Right?
Oh, no, I meant tell me about it, I don't understand,
- Business as usual, - She's starting a business?
Ah! Done, Take that, Yael,
It's no canal from Galilee, but it's close,
- That ain't nothing but a puddle, - Now all we do is wait,
All they had to do was wait,
- Waiting is all we have to do? - It'll be worth it,
Look! The door's moving!
Yes!
Gross,
I told you draft papers would have been better,
So, mission accomplished?
- Well, I don't feel any better, - I think I've wasted my day,
No, no, no, I just need the revenge to be more bigger, then I'll feel satisfied!
What are we looking at?
Uh, I'd better head home now,
I was just getting revenge, like Joshua told me the Torah says,
an eye for an eye,
Wait, the Torah told you to ruin a girl's sandals?
It's not my fault, I learned it in school!
Yes, but "an eye for an eye" is meant for judges
who are enforcing laws that are broken,
I understand that you want things to be fair when someone wrongs you,
You want to right it,
And you know who else loves fairness and justice?
What does the Lord say in the Law of Moses about justice and vengeance?
- Vengeance is mine? - Yes, but vengeance is His,
The Lord loves justice, but maybe it's not yours to handle,
So you can't get people back? No wonder it didn't work,
No wonder what didn't work?
It didn't make the hurt go away,
You know, we cannot always stop others from hurting us,
but we can stop from scratching our own wounds,
so that we may heal,
- How? - You can forgive her,
I can't do that! No way! She didn't even say she was sorry!
Hmm, And that is unfortunate, But forgiving her isn't just for her,
- It's for you, - But--
Someone embarrassed you for a moment, but then you have taken a whole day,
A day from yourself and from others to be angry,
What she did was cruel, and it was wrong,
and now you can release your feelings of anger,
So, I may not have listened to the entire lesson,
Do you see what I mean yet?
- About how condescending you were? - Ooh, big word,
Ooh, more proof,
I just mean how she's choosing to keep carrying that extra weight around,
- Wait! Watch this! It's gonna be good, - You should have seen her face,
Hmm? Back for more?
I,,, forgive you,
Huh?
You made me feel bad about myself,
and maybe you didn't mean to,
or maybe you did,
but either way I'm going to forget it,
Cringe!
Hmm?
Sweetheart, what's in there?
Your favorite pot,
I accidentally exploded it when I was angry,
And I'm so, so sorry, I didn't mean to,
Oh, Abby, dear, it's okay,
I do have a few questions based on everything you just said, but it's okay,
I forgive you,
Oh!
- Here we go, - I get it now,
- I doubt it, - Pigeon,,,
- Don't say it, - I forgive you,
Thanks,