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阅读理解
Many years ago, there lived an old man with
his three sons, Dharma, Harrison and Keith, in a village. The man worked hard
when he was young, so he had the largest farmyard and the most beautiful house
in the village. However, his sons were all born to be lazy, which made him
disappointed. He was worried that his sons would use up his money and starve to
death.
One day, the old man came up with a plan.
He called his sons and said to them, "Look, my dear sons. There is lots of
hidden gold in the land at the farmyard. If you work together, you may find it."
In a wish to find out the gold, his sons
worked hard from the morning to the evening digging and digging all through the
land. Three days had passed, but they didn't find what they were looking for.
They got frustrated and angry. They decided to give up and returned to ask
their father.
"There is no gold in the land. We are
cheated."
"Since the land has been dug soft, why
don't you plant some crops there?" was the reply of the father to the
sons.
Off went the sons. Soon the whole once useless
land was rich crops.
"This is the real gold, my sons,"
said the proud father.
