 barsouma left his house to do some errands and the women of his neighbors came to congratulate his mother on what had happened to him without his friends and to pray for her. so she took a knife and began to cut off a piece of the carpet for everyone who entered until she had finished most of it.
فخرج برصوما عن منزله لبعض حوائجه، وجاء نساء جيرانه يهنئن أمه بما خص به، دون أصحابه، ويدعون لها. فأخذت سكينا، وجعلت تقطع لكل من دخل عليها قطعة من البساط، حتى أتت على أكثره.