There were two people who were shipwrecked.
They found themselves on an island, which was uninhabited. Out
of the branches and leaves of trees, they built for themselves
a cottage.
One of the two men was an atheist. The other,
a devout soul. The latter urged that there was good in all
that had happened. The unbeliever scoffed at him. But both of
them managed to get along with each other.
Everyday, they would go out to the seashore
and wave their hands in the hope that some passing steamer
would view them from afar and come to their rescue. Every
evening, they returned to their cottage.
One evening, as they returned, they found that
during their absence, the cottage had caught fire and had been
reduced to ashes.
The atheist lost his mood and cursed the
elements. But the man of faith said to him: "Friend, be no
depressed. Surely, there must be some good in this too! God
must have meant well for us!" The atheist felt exasperated and
shouted: "You and your God! I shall have nothing to do with
you both!"
However, the next morning, as they went to the
seashore, they found a small steamer waiting for them. The
captain of the boat told them that the previous day he had
seen smoke rising from the island which made him feel that
there were some who might need his help.
