The first version of the story "Litter" ("הסימן") was published in 1944. Its translation into Russian, made by N. Faingold, is known. This much expanded version is the second to appear in Agnon's collection of stories "Fire and Trees" ("הָאֵשׁ וְהָעֵצִים", Bereshit 22:7) in 1962. The story is written in the form of a monologue and placed in the collection together with another monologue story - “Etrog” - in the part “Im atsmi” (“With myself”). Translation of the story - Ontario14, translation of poems by R. Shlomo ibn Gvirol - Ernst Levin.