<p class="poetry">You who live in Aroer,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">stand by the road and watch.p> <p class="poetry">Question the man who is fleeing and the woman who is escaping.p> <p class="poetry">Ask them, &#8216;What has happened?&#8217;p>

He said, &#8220;Go and ask all your neighbors for empty containers.<n id="1" /> Get as many as you can.<n id="2" />

She said, &#8220;I would like to ask you for just one small favor.<n id="1" /> Please don&#8217;t refuse me.&#8221;<n id="2" /> He said,<n id="3" /> &#8220;Go ahead and ask, my mother, for I would not refuse you.&#8221;