A FATHER, being on the point of death, wished to be sure that his sons would give the same attention to his farm as he himself had given it.

He called them to his bedside and said, "My sons, there is a great treasure hid in one of my vineyards.

" The sons, after his death, took their spades and mattocks and carefully dug over every portion of their land.

They found no treasure, but the vines repaid their labor by an extraordinary and superabundant crop.

农夫和他的儿子们一个老农夫把儿子们叫到床前,向他们宣读遗嘱。

"孩子们," 他说,"我就要离开人世了,你们在葡萄园裏能找到我埋藏的金银财宝。

"老人刚一去世,他的儿子们就拿上铁锹、锄头和所有能找得到的工具,到葡萄地里去挖寻财宝了。

他们把土翻了又翻,一直挖到了肥沃的黑土,还把大土块捣碎,丰收之后的收获正像他们父亲期望的一样。

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