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After they had eaten, they looked around and were ashamed, for across the river was a large, spacious building standing in the air high above the earth. The building was filled with all types of people--young and old, men and women-all dressed in very fine clothes, laughing and pointing fingers at those eating the fruit.

After tasting the sweet fruit of the tree, many people were ashamed because of those making fun of them, so they left the tree and became lost on forbidden paths."

My father Lehi told us many other details of his dream that I'm not including in this record.

But to be short in writing, my father saw other multitudes of people take hold of the iron rod. Holding it tightly, they continued until coming to the tree, knelt down in humility and tasted its fruit.

He saw yet other multitudes feeling their way to the large, spacious building.

He saw many drowned in the fountain of filthy water and many lost on strange paths.

He saw a great multitude go into the large, spacious building and join in mocking me and those with me eating the fruit, but we ignored them.

All those who wanted the approval of the great multitude in the building left the tree and fell away.

Lehi saw that Laman and Lemuel never did come to the tree and taste its fruit. He was afraid they would be cast off from the Lord's presence, and he spoke to them with all the feelings of a tender parent, pleading with them to listen to him and keep the