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Updated: May 2, 2025
"How glad I am it is back in its rightful place once more." Then father and son fell upon their knees before the wooden emblem, and bowed reverently nine times to the floor, thanking the spirit for all it had done for them. When they arose their hearts were full of a new happiness. Once upon a time many, many years ago, there lived in China two friends named Ki-wu and Pao-shu.
The forest is the place for rest." Happy as two lovers on a holiday, they passed along the winding road, their eyes turned in longing toward the distant tree-tops. Their hearts beat fast in youthful pleasure as they drew nearer and nearer to the woods. "For thirty days I have worked over my books," sighed Ki-wu. "For thirty days I have not had a rest.
Each friend picked up one of these treasures and handed it joyfully to his companion. "At last the fairies have rewarded you for your unselfishness!" said Ki-wu. "Yes," answered Pao-shu, "by granting me a chance to give you your deserts." Old Wang lived in a village near Nanking. He cared for nothing in the world but to eat good food and plenty of it.
Ki-wu, stooping, picked up the nugget. It was nearly as large as a lemon, and was very pretty. "It is yours, my dear friend," said he, at the same time handing it to Pao-shu; "yours because you saw it first." "No, no," answered Pao-shu, "you are wrong, my brother, for you were first to speak.
"No," replied his friend, "One day in this forest is worth a thousand nuggets." "Let us go to the spring and sit down on the rocks," suggested Ki-wu. "It is the coolest spot in the whole grove." When they reached the spring they were sorry to find the place already occupied. A countryman was stretched at full length on the ground. "Wake up, fellow!" cried Pao-shu, "there is money for you near by.
Why do you make a poor man like me run his legs off for nothing on a hot day?" "What do you mean, fellow?" asked Ki-wu, astonished. "Did you not find the fruit we told you about?" "No," he answered, in a tone of half-hidden rage, "but in its place a monster snake, which I cut in two with my blade. Now, the gods will bring me bad luck for killing something in the woods.
At last, the chunk of gold was dropped in the very spot where they had first spied it, and the two comrades went away, each happy because he loved his friend better than anything else in the world. Thus they turned their backs on any chance of quarrelling. "It was not for gold that we left the city," exclaimed Ki-wu warmly.
It was a bright beautiful day in early spring when Ki-wu and Pao-shu set out for a stroll together, for they were tired of the city and its noises. "Let us go into the heart of the pine forest," said Ki-wu lightly. "There we can forget the cares that worry us; there we can breathe the sweetness of the flowers and lie on the moss-covered ground." "Good!" said Pao-shu, "I, too, am tired.
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