Prodigal Son 1

Master it's time to wake up.

Is it that time already?

Yes.

I don't think I'll work today.

Why won't you work? Everyone must work.

My brother does everything better than I do. There's nothing I can do. I'm going to have to leave this place.

Master, everything you need and love is here. Your father has always shown you great love. Has he ever said anything bad about you?

He's always praising my brother. At first, the praise sounded sweet to my ears. I hoped to become like my brother. I tried to issue commands to the servants like my brother but they would not obey me. For hours and hours I tried to think of better ways of milking the cows or the goats, but nothing ever entered my mind. It is as if my words were empty, but my hate was not. Everyday, hate for my brother grew more and more until...

Til what master? You're not thinking what I think you're thinking.

What do you think I'm thinking, kind slave?

Something unwholesome and foul to the Lord.

I need to get out of here. I cannot live like this. I can't live in the shadow of my brother. I want to know what the world is like. I want to feel the fresh air. I want to live my life and succeed on my own merits. I don't want the help of my father.

How will you survive in the world?

I shall ask my father for my inheritance.