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THE STONE-BREAKER AND THE MOUNTAIN #Inspirational Moral
Stories
A
Japanese stone-breaker was exhausted once and wished he could lead the
luxurious
life led by rich, fat merchants. His wish came true! He then saw a
mandarin
being carried by his servants. He wished to be a mandarin. Even
that
came true! But the mandarin was under the emperor’s command, so he
wanted
to be the emperor. This wish, also, was granted! He was given the
emperor’s
title: the Son of the Sun. But, scorched by the sun, he longed to be
in the
sun’s place! At once, he became the sun; but when a cloud covered
him, he
longed to be, and became, a cloud! Thinking the wind was more
powerful,
he became the wind! When the wind blew against a mountain, he
wanted
to and became a mountain. Then, hearing the stone-breakers hammer
powerful
blows as they dug out rocks from the mountain, he chose to be a
stone-breaker
all over again.
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