BRAGADAYJAH 133

So then Joseph had good news for the Butler, but not so good news for the Baker. After listening to the Baker’s dream Joseph told him that in three days the Pharaoh would hang him. And so it was that in three days the King celebrated his birthday, and sent for the Butler to be released from the prison and once again, he was restored to his position of the King’s cup bearer just as Joseph had foretold. But alas for the Baker, the King remembered him too on the occasion of his birthday and celebrated by hanging the baker. The Butler for whatever reason did not remember to mention Joseph’s name before the King. Perhaps he deliberately failed to do so, out of fear of displeasing the King by the mere mention of Joseph’s name. Perhaps he was just ungrateful; but whatever his reason, he did not keep his promise to Joseph. For a further two years, Joseph continued to be locked away, all the more difficult because he was an innocent man.; but the time would come when all that would change. For at the end of two years, the King had a dream which troubled him, but which he did not understand. He called all the magicians and all the wise men together and told them his dream; but none of them could interpret the dream. It was then the Butler remembered Joseph the dreamer, whose fortunes would soon be changed once more.