World Children's Story Classics: Family Stories

Chapter 39 Between Rich and Poor
There is a large family in the town, and there is a wide moat in front of the house.When a shepherd girl passed by his house, she was squeezed into a ditch by the rich man. The rich man didn't help the girl up, laughed and walked away.A young man doing business passed by and helped the girl up.He looked at the back of the rich man and said: "The rich cannot be rich forever, and the poor will never be poor forever." Expensive things are squandered and become poor people.The young bought the houses of the rich and drove the rich away.One day, when the rich man passed by his former house, he saw the young man was having a wedding. The bride was the girl he had pushed down the ditch.

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