One day Elijah was traveling through the land, when he saw twelve men
ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen. One of these men was Elisha. When
Elijah saw Elisha, he knew that he was the man God wished him to take
for a servant. So Elijah threw his coat on Elisha as he went by. Then
Elisha ran after Elijah and said: “Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father
and mother and then I will follow thee.” He killed a yoke of oxen and
made a feast. Then he said good-by to his father and mother and went away
with Elijah. Afterward God took Elijah up to Heaven in a chariot of fire.
Elisha was with him at the time.
[Illustration: PLOUGHING IN CANAAN.]