The Twin Who Ran Awaycont.
By Sister Marie Louise Krenner, OSB
So Benedict went to school. Cyrilla went, too. Cyrilla was going to take care
of Benedict. She
would sew and cook and keep his clothes clean. After a long, long time they reached
Rome.
There Benedict went to school.
The boys learned many new things at school. But
most of them forgot something,too. Most of them forgot to love God. They forgot to be good.
They just wanted to eat and drink and have a good time.
Benedict did not forget to love
God. He did not like what the other boys did.
One day Benedict felt sad. "I do love God. But
I cannot love Him very much here. It is too hard to be good. I do not have much time to talk to
God," he thought. Then Benedict jumped up and said, "I know. I will be a hermit
and live in a
cave. Then I can talk to God all the time."
So Benedict went to Cyrilla. She was making some
new clothes for him. He would not fit in the old ones. Benedict said, "I want
to go away to be a
hermit. I am big now. I want to live just for God."
"You are getting big," said Cyrilla. "But
who will cook your dinner?"
"Hermits do not eat much," said Benedict. Cyrilla's eyes got very
big. "And hermits do not sleep much," said Benedict. Cyrilla's eyes got bigger and bigger. "And
hermits do not talk much to people," said Benedict. "They just talk to God. And
God talks to
them."
"All right," said Cyrilla. "You may go but I am going with
you. I will see that you eat
enough and sleep enough. And I will talk to you, too."
So Benedict and Cyrilla walked and
walked. They looked and looked for a cave. Benedict was tired but happy. Cyrilla was tired, but
she was not happy. She did not want to live in a cave all by herself.
Benedict and Cyrilla
walked and walked some more. They could not find a cave. At last they came to a little town. It
was dark so they stayed all night. They stayed the next day, too. Cyrilla liked the little town. They
stayed a long, long time. Besides, Cyrilla had to make Benedict some new clothes again. He
would not fit in the old ones.