Abram and the idols

In his house of Tera, father of Abram, did make idols and sell them in the market.
His sons of Tera did help him in his work.
One day his turn of Abram came to help for his father to sell idols in the market.
Abram sat near stand of the idols, and waited for costomers that came.
Tall and brame and strong man came, and he said to Abram: "Give me God that is brame and strong like me."
Abram gave him big idol, that stood tall up for all the idols.
The man smiled, and payed to Abram, and ran to go to his way.
Abram said to him: "Pardon, Sir, how old are you?"
The man was suprised on the strange asking, but he answered: "I am 70 years old."
Abram said: "Oh him, for man that he is 70 years old, and bow down to idol that they made it only yesterday!"
The man got angry on the words that Abram said, he gave back the idol, he begged his money return, and went to him.
After so, poor and miserable woman came to Abram.
The woman hoped to Abram："Give me miserable and poor idol like me."
Abram took one of the small idols that stood under from all, and gave to the woman.
The woman payed, took the idol and ran to go to her way.
Abram said to her: "Pardon, madam, how are you old?"
The woman was suprised on the strange asking, but answered: " I am many years old."
Abram said: "Oh her, for woman that she is many years old, and bow down to idol that they made it only yesterday!"
The woman got angry on the words that Abram said, she gave back the idol, she begged her money, and went to her way.
Tera saw that Abram never success to sell idols.
Tera said to Abram: "Instead of selling idols, guard for them and take care of them.
Serve meal for them, clean them, and do all waht they will request from you."
Abram served food and water for idols, and said to them: "Take, eat! and take drink."
The idols stood in the place, and not moved.
Abram looked at idols and mocked:
"Mouse for them and not will talk, eyes for them and not will see, ears for them and not will hear, nose for them and not will smell, hands for them and not will feel, legs for them and not will walk."
And here one woman came, and there is bowl of fine flour with her hand, to feed the idols.
The woman said: "Serve for the idols and give them to eat from the fine flour that prepaired specially for them."
Abram served the fine flour for the idols.
Then Abram took stick with his hand, and demolished and broke all of the idols.
After so, he put the stick in hand of the most big idol, sat corner and obsereved at the idols with mock.
Tera came, father of Abram, and saw that all the idols are broken and Abram sit and observe at them, with smile on his lips.
Tera cried: "Oh me, who perperated for me thing like this?
Who broke for me all of the idols?"
Abram said; "One woman came, and there is fine flour with her hand.
I gave for the idols to eat from the fine flour, but they began to quarrel between them.
This say "I eat at first", and this say "I eat at first."
Suddenly the big idol stood, and took the stick that was in the corner of the room, and broke with it all the idols."
Tera observed in wonder of Abram and said to him: "Do you mock on me, Abram?
Here is the idols never can do so !"
Abram answered to him: "Do you hear your words, my father?
How can you sell idols that never can do thing?"
Tera got angry on his son Abram, and delivered him to the king Nimurod.

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