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One day, a ragged(衣衫褴褛的)man with an old wallet in his hand was asking at every door along the street for a few cents to buy something to eat．As he was complaining about his bad fortune, he kept 1 why those folks who had so much money were never 2 and were always wanting more．
“As for me, if I had only enough to 3 and to wear, I wouldn’t want anything more, ”said the beggar．
Just at that moment Fortune(命运女神)came down the 4 ．She saw the beggar and said to him, “Listen！I’ve long wished to 5 you．Now, hold your 6 and I’ll pour this gold into it．But I’ll pour only on this 7 ：All that falls into the wallet will be pure gold；but every piece falling upon the 8 shall become dust．Do you understand?”
“Yes, I understand, ”said the beggar．“Then have a 10 ．Your wallet is 10 , so don’t load it too heavily．”said Fortune．The beggar was so glad that he could hardly 11 ．He quickly opened his wallet, and a 12 of yellow coins was poured into it．The wallet soon began to grow heavy．
“Is that enough?” asked Fortune．“Not yet．”“Isn’t it cracking？”“Never 13 ．”The wallet was filled with so many coins that the beggar’s hands began to 14 ．“Ah, if only the golden stream would 15 forever！I’m the richest man in the world now！Just a little more．”said the beggar．“ 16 just a handful or two．”“There！It’s full．The wallet will 17 ．”“But it will 18 a little more, just a little more！”
Another piece was added and the wallet split(裂开)．The 19 fell upon the ground and was turned to dust．The beggar had now 20 but his broken wallet．
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