According to the old song

it all went down like this:


Two men lived

in the same village.


Neither one was absolutely sure

what their quarrel really was about,

it's roots hidden

in the mist of antagonism between families.


This last year they had both lost

their last remaining parent:

One his mother

the other his father.


On Christmas Day they arrived

at the churchyard to light a candle

- unseen by each other;

until that very moment

when they both looked up

into each others eyes.


Thus the spark of forgiveness was kindled.