You’re Mephiboseth??
Yes
I am Kaine, can I be your friend?
Sure, I’ll be glad….
on one condition, Kaine cuts in…
what’s that??
You will tell me stories about Isreal, have heard a lot and I want to know more especially that Soldier, David.
Mephiboseth smiled….. Alright, I will. David was my father’s friend….
what??!!!!!! I screamed…. as I heard my Father’s voice calling me…. “I will be back”, I said to Mephiboseth and ran out of the Den….
(The Den is where we keep dogs that cannot be sold or used as Father would say, they were few in number but were given work to do at father’s quarters)
I ran off to meet Father, who was already escorting Ziba and his people out of the gates.
After they left I told Father what Mephiboseth had told me, he told me we had to tread carefully and that Ziba had said David and the house of King Saul were not in good terms and was never going to search for any living family member in his household.
Because, I liked Mephiboseth, I made him my brother, took him out of the den and made him do nothing.
A year after David became King, my Father died of strange illness and we never heard from Ziba again.
