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The Liar

(Aesop’s Fables)

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　A poor man was almost dying of a disease.

　Therefore, he prayed to God,

”Dear God, please save my life.

　If you do, I will make an offering of a hundred cows.

　God cured his disease with intent to check whether or not what he meant was true.

　The man recovered in no time.

　However, he was so poor that it was obviously impossible for him to make an offering of a hundred cows in the first place.

　Therefore, he made a hundred cows with wax, and presented them at the altar.

　Then he said,

“Dear God, please accept these cows as promised.”

(They sure are a hundred cows, but...)

　God thought of retaliating for what he had done.

　So God made the man have a dream in which God directed,

”Go to the beach.

　You'll find a thousand drachmas there.”


　The man became very delighted, and then went off to the beach.

　There were pirates on the beach when he arrived.  They abducted the man, went off far away, and then sold him there.

　Without any concerns for the result, the man sure found a thousand drachmas on the beach.



　This story is a warning for lying.

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