The high steward orders the reimbursement of the selected goods with all Nemtynakht property, which makes him poor. However, impressed by the last speech, Rensi orders to satisfy the peasant’s complaint. The peasant is punished by beating for this act, after which he gives the ninth speech and leaves. Khun-Anup speaks to Rensi for nine days, after which he feels frustrated, threatens to commit suicide, and insults the high steward. The king also orders Renzi to provide food for the peasant and his family. The king orders the high steward to record the speeches of Khun-Anup, instructing Rensi: “In order to keep him talking, be silent” (Lichtheim 173). Khun-Anup continues his appeal for justice to Rensi, who admires the peasant’s eloquence and reports it to King Nebkaure. The high steward transfers the peasant’s case to the magistrate, where he is rejected, which he does not inform the victim about. This ruling does not seem fair to Khun-Anup, and he appeals to Rensi, the son of Meru, with a complaint about Nemtynakht’s actions. In punishment for this, he threatens to take the goods from Khun-Anup or kill him for the attempt to complain. However, one of his donkeys ate some of Nemtynakht’s barley. The peasant also cannot bypass it since he is forced either to enter the water or to the private territory. Nemtynakht orders to put the cloth on the road so that Khun-Anup cannot pass without stepping on it. The peasant’s way runs through a narrow path, which is bounded on one side by water and on the other by private barley fields. Nemtynakht decides to steal donkeys with goods that belong to Khun-Anup and develops a plan. Along the way, the peasant meets Nemtynakht, who is “the son of a man named Isri and a subordinate of the high steward Rensi, the son of Meru” (Lichtheim 170). The story begins when Khun-Anup heads to Egypt to exchange goods for supplies for his family. The characters in the story are the peasant Khun-Anup, the vassal of the high steward, Nemtynakht, the high steward Rensi, and King Nebkaure.
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