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A voyaging ship was wrecked during a storm at sea and only two of the men on it were able to swim to
a small, desert like island. The two survivors who have been good friends, not knowing what else to do,
agreed that they had no other recourse but to pray to God. However, to find out whose prayer was
more powerful, they agreed to divide the territory between them and stay on opposite sides of the
island. The first thing they prayed for was food. The next morning, the first man saw a fruit-bearing tree
on his side of the land, and he was able to eat its fruit. The other man’s parcel of land remained barren.
After a week, the first man was lonely and he decided to pray for a wife. The next day, another ship was
wrecked, and the only survivor was a woman who swam to his side of the land. On the other side of the
island, there was nothing. Soon the first man prayed for a house, clothes, more food. The next day, like
magic, all of these were given to him. However, the second man still had nothing. Finally, the first man
prayed for a ship, so that he and his wife could leave the island. In the morning, he found a ship docked
at his side of the island. The first man boarded the ship with his wife and decided to leave the second
man on the island. He considered the other man unworthy to receive God’s blessings since none of his
prayers had been answered. As the ship was about to leave, the first man heard a voice from heaven
booming, “Why are you leaving your companion on the island?” “My blessings are mine alone since I
was the one who prayed for them,” the first man answered. “His prayers were all unanswered and so
he does not deserve anything.” “You are mistaken!” the voice rebuked him. “He had only one prayer,
which I answered. If not for that, you would not have received any of my blessings.” “Tell me,” the first
man asked the voice, “What did he pray for that I should owe him anything?”