Edio Yenye Shavu

He felt the man's pain in his own body. And then he acted. He poured oil and wine on the wounds — oil to soothe, wine to disinfect. He tore cloth for bandages. He lifted a stranger — a man from a people who hated him — onto his own animal. He walked. So the injured man could ride. He took him to an…

He felt the man's pain in his own body. And then he acted. He poured oil and wine on the wounds — oil to soothe, wine to disinfect. He tore cloth for bandages. He lifted a stranger — a man from a people who hated him — onto his own animal. He walked. So the injured man could ride. He took him to an inn. He stayed through the night. And the next morning, he gave the innkeeper two silver coins — roughly two days' wages — and said: "Take care of him. Whatever more you spend,