There was once a carpenter (木匠) living in asmall village. He had no other skills, but he was good at1houses.His boss was very nice, so he worked for his boss one year after another.2tenyears of working for the same company, he finally got tired of it and made a3Hetold the boss that he wanted to4the job and live a peaceful life withhis family.
However, after hearing this, his boss asked him to5tobuild one final house before he left the team. The carpenter6agreed,although he didn't want to do this kind of work anymore. He built the house,but his7wasn't in it. In order to rush to finishthe job, he used cheap8. As a result, it turned out to be the9housethat he had ever built. When he finished, his boss came to see him last time.Seeing the house, he said nothing.
He paid the worker for building the house. He then10,"Iwanted to do something special for you to say thanks for your ten years of hardwork. You have built so many11houses for other people these years. Butthere is no one for12. So I'm giving you this house as a13."
What a shame! The carpenter was speechless. He had never14hisboss would give him such a big gift. If he knew he was building his own house,he would have done it much more15. He regretted building his final houseso poorly.
