But the worker<n id="1" /> answered him, &#8216;Sir, leave it alone this year too, until I dig around it and put fertilizer<n id="2" /> on it.

Then<n id="1" /> the manager said to himself, &#8216;What should I do, since my master is taking my position<n id="2" /> away from me? I&#8217;m not strong enough to dig,<n id="3" /> and I&#8217;m too ashamed<n id="4" /> to beg.

He is like a man<n id="1" /> building a house, who dug down deep,<n id="2" /> and laid the foundation on bedrock. When<n id="3" /> a flood came, the river<n id="4" /> burst against that house but<n id="5" /> could not shake it, because it had been well built.<n id="6" />