How is this possible? [If] the fourteenth [of Adar] fell on a Monday, villages and large towns read on that very day; and walled cities [read] on the next day. [If] it fell on a Tuesday or Wednesday, villages advance [their reading] to the day of entry; large towns read on that very day; and walled cities [read] on the next day. If it fell on a Thursday, villages and large towns read on that very day; and walled cities [read] on the next day. [If] it fell on the eve of the Sabbath, villages advance [their reading] to the day of entry; large towns and walled cities read on that very day. [If] it fell on the Sabbath, villages and large towns advance [their reading] to the day of entry; walled cities read the next day. [If] it fell after the Sabbath, villages advance [their reading] to the day of entry; large towns read on that very day; walled cities read the next day.