Chapter 19 statue

Once upon a time, there was a man who lived among the mountains. There was a statue in his house, which was made by an ancient master.He paid no attention to the statue lying face down on the front door of his house. A learned man came out of the city, passed by his house, saw the statue, and asked the owner of the statue if he would sell it. The owner laughed and said, "Who wants to buy this heavy and dirty stone?" The city man said, "I'd like to pay a silver dollar for it." The people in the mountain were greatly surprised and overjoyed. The statue was placed on the back of an elephant and transported to the city.A few months later, the mountain man went to the city. When he was walking on the street, he saw a large group of people gathered at the door of a shop, and someone shouted loudly: "Please come in and enjoy the most beautiful and magical scenery in the world." For two silver dollars, you can see this most marvelous piece of art by the Maestro."

So the mountain man paid two silver dollars, stepped into the shop, and saw the statue which he himself had sold for one silver dollar. The Statue Once there lived a man among the hills who possessed a statue wrought by an ancient master. It lay at his door face downward and he was not mindful of it. One day there passed by his house a man from the city, a man of knowledge, and seeing the statue he inquired of the owner if he would sell it. The owner laughed and said, "And pray who would want to buy that dull and dirty stone?" The man from the city said, "I will give you this piece of silver for it."

And the other man was astonished and delighted. The statue was removed to the city, upon the back of and elephant. And after many moons the man from the hills visited the city, and as he walked the streets he saw a crowd before a shop, and a man with a loud voice was crying, "Come ye in and behold the most beautiful, the most wonderful statue in all the world. Only two silver pieces to look upon this most marvelous work of a master." Thereupon the man from the hills paid two silver pieces and entered the shop to see the statue that he himself had sold for one spice of silver.