World Children's Story Classics: Family Stories

Chapter 26 The Carpenter and the Devil

The devil asked the carpenter to carry water for himself.The carpenter was too thin to carry a full bucket of water, so he sat down on the ground and began to dig a hole.Digging, digging, a little ghost came and asked him what he was digging.Carpenter Mori said: "I want to dig a well and carry the well home with me, so I don't have to go out to fetch water every day." The little ghost said: "My father is blind and will fall into the well. I still have to go out every day." Come and fetch water." The devil and the carpenter competed to carry the log, and the carpenter put the log on the hillside, and pushed it hard, and the log rolled down the hill with a clatter.The kid lost, and the carpenter asked him to bring a bag of gold to his house.When he arrived at the door of the carpenter's house, the carpenter asked his wife to throw a bag of grains of corn on the roof. The little ghost also threw the gold on the roof and ran away.

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