since i had the time , and much mischief in my soul , i used to delight in gleaning the bible for passages that seemed to mean nothing in a religious sense , like maybe one of those old hebrews counting his goats , like- '' yea , and he did count each of his goats and they did number fifty and five and he did say unto his wife , wife , i have counted my goats and they are verily five and fifty and she did say , mighty art thou among shepherds to have goats fifty and five , '' and so on , to get the deacon steamed ... and then there was the other stuff , like ...