The Childhood of JesusThe child is silent. For a while he too is silent. Then he speaks. "Please believe me please take it on faith this is not a simple matter. The boy is without mother. What that means I cannot explain to you because I cannot explain it to myself. Yet I promise you, if you will simply say Yes, without forethought, without afterthought, all will become clear to you, as clear as day, or so I believe. Thereforewill you accept this child as yours?" David is