The
Magic Box
Once upon a time, there was a poor farmer
who dug up a big box in his field. He took it home, with him and showed it to
his wife. His wife cleaned it and kept it in their house. One day, she dropped
an apple into it. Immediately the box began to fill up with apples. No matter
how many were taken out, others took their place. So the farmer and his wife
sold the apples and were able to live quite comfortable.
Then farmer dropped a coin into the box.
At once, the apples disappeared and the box began to fill itself with coins.
Everyday, the farmer and his wife collected hundreds and hundreds of dollars
from the box. Soon they became very rich.
Now the farmer’s grandfather lived with
the couple. He was not very strong and he could not go out to work. So the
farmer asked the old man to help him take the money out of the box. When his
grandfather became tired and wanted to rest, the farmer shouted at him, “Why
are you so lazy ? Why can’t you work harder ?”
The old man did not say anything but he
continued working until he fell inside the box and died. At once, the money
disappeared, and the box began to fill up with dead grandfathers.
The
farmer had to pull them out and bury them. To do this, he had to spend all the
money he had collected. When he had used up all the money, the box broke and
the farmer was just as poor as he was before.
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