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A VERY POOR MAN, a Carpenter by trade, had a wooden image of Mercury, before which he made offerings day by day, and begged the idol1 to make him rich, but in spite of his entreaties2 he became poorer and poorer. At last, being very angry, he took his image down from its pedestal and dashed it against the wall. When its head was knocked off, out came a stream of gold, which the Carpenter quickly picked up and said, "Well, I think thou art altogether contradictory3 and unreasonable4; for when I paid you honor, I reaped no benefits: but now that I maltreat you I am loaded with an abundance of riches." 点击收听单词发音
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