The Bamboo Cutter
On a day of the days lived a bamboo cutter with his wife in a small hut, and he would go every morning to the forest to cut bamboo and bring it, then he and his wife would make various foods, and sell them in the market. He was kind and poor, but they were happy. On a day, the owner said: This is enough. I have worked for you for three years and I deserve to receive the pay, and I will depart until I get every treasure I deserve. So he gave him three pounds to work for him, but he knew three pounds were not enough, but he was happy to get them, and after a while, the farmer heard a strange voice coming from behind the fig tree. He became surprised and turned to it. He said to him: You are poor. Why are you here? I don’t have anything to tempt you. So he said: Then I will rob you, you wicked. A lot as big as gold, but perhaps a little is all I have and is everything I have, and I gave him three pounds. ...