And it came to pass, Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria. And everyone were mandated to go to their own town to register.
"Baahh!" an ox broke free from its carriage, made off on its own, destroying stuffs that found itself before him, all these he did like a mad dog. The carriage crashed into one if the stores along it's path.
"My cabbages!" The driver said. His carriage had turned upside down and the cabbages contained in it found their paths.
The ox found it's way into Joseph's compound, where Mary and other women sat under a shade pilling grapes.
“Run!” the women ran helter-skelter, leaving Mary to the ox - their actions had come naturally to them.
Mary in her scared state of mind, stood toe to toe with ox, unable to move, talk more of running away due to her pregnancy. She stretched forth her hand, tightly clutching the knife she was using for the grapes, earlier.
"Shuu!" She said.
"Baahh," the ox slowed down, took gentle steps closer, and found a place at her feet.
Mary calmed down, sat next to him, patting his fur. The carriage driver along with three animal controllers he had hired ran into the compound, surprised on seeing the him calm.
“Cabbage!” Mary recognized the carriage driver, “The ox's yours?”
“Yeah, I hired it, though. I was on my way to Bethlehem, but on getting to the neighborhood, he broke free from my carriage.”
“God be praised. My husband, please come, our ride's here.”
“You want to go to Bethlehem?”
“Yeah, for the census, my husband's from the house of David,” Mary said, “Please, you guys should have some grapes.”
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