SHANA

   A child fell into a well.  It was on a high holy day of no work as all the villagers stood around looking down the well.  They cried and welled at being able not to do anything. If this had happened on any other day, they exclaimed.

  A woman, named Aerie drew close to the well.  Pushing her way through the crowds she looked into it.  At the bottom of the near empty cavern the child called out for help for the last time and then expired.  The mother moaned all the more at the pitiful act as the father poured dirt over his crying face. 

   Aerie came to the parents of the child and said, “Shana says she only wanted to retrieve the last bit of water from this near empty well her sick brother, Nonah back home.  In falling in she was left all alone by the people she knew and loved the most.”

  The father cried out, “It is a holy day of no work and we are forbidden even in this to do!”

   The mother asked through tears, “How do you know this and their names?”

   Aerie answered, “God knows.  Rejoice for both shall be saved this day if only you give faith that it be so.”  The mother nodded, and then continued crying.   Waving her hand in the direction of the near empty well, Aerie said, “God is the water of Life,” With that she walked away and headed to Mithar and Lindol.

  In that very moment the astonished people of Sinjar pulled away from the well as a crowd, for it overflowed with an abundance of fresh water.  Rushing out of the well came also the body of the six year old little girl, Shana.  Both mother and father embraced their living daughter, praising God above for the miracle done at the word of Aerie.