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Chapter 17 — Way Back in the Long Ago

Why Do You Look so Surprised?

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The friends of Ushaa Shialom said this when he came home:

“You cannot be here,” they said. “We saw you die. We know that you are dead.”

Ushaa Shialom smiled at them and shook his head.
Ushaa Shialom smiled, turned his palms upward and said,
“Why do you look so surprised? Didn’t I tell you I would rise?
Why do you look so surprised? Didn’t I tell you I would rise?

I am the door of the sheep and the bridge to the maker.”

He said, “Do you know what you need to do?”

They shouted, “We will go and tell the good news!

Ushaa Shialom said, “Tell them Ollie-Ollie-All-in-Free” to everyone who believes in me.
“Ollie-Ollie-All-in-Free to everyone who believes in me.”

Then Ushaa Shialom said, “Tell me the dangers of the yeast.
There is poison, poison in the yeast.”

They said, “The yeast is the traditions of men.”

Leave it out!

“The yeast is the personal beliefs of men.”

Leave it out!

They said, “The yeast is the politics of men.”

Leave it out!

“The yeast is what men will tell you the maker said,
that the maker never said.”

Don’t listen!

“Those men are saying things they should not say,” Ushaa Shialom said, “There is danger in the yeast. Even the tiniest bit you choose will ruin the good news.”

And then Ushaa Shialom said quietly,
“Ollie, Ollie, All in Free… Ollie, Ollie, All in Free… Ollie, Ollie, All in Free.”

And then his friends shouted happily,
“Ollie, Ollie, All in Free!” …”Ollie, Ollie, All in Free!” … “Ollie, Ollie, All in Freeeee!”
Amen … Amen… Amen.

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