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Updated: May 3, 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.
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.
Come, Pao-shu, let us go back and have a look at this wonderful snake that has been hiding in a chunk of gold." Laughing merrily, the two companions left the countryman and turned back in search of the nugget. "If I am not mistaken," said the student, "the gold lies beyond that fallen tree." "Quite true; we shall soon see the dead snake."
"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.
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.
My head is stuffed so full of wisdom, that I am afraid it will burst. Oh, for a breath of the pure air blowing through the greenwood." "And I," added Pao-shu sadly, "have worked like a slave at my counter and found it just as dull as you have found your books. My master treats me badly. It seems good, indeed, to get beyond his reach."
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.
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