A rich man had a lazy son. He wanted his son to be1and responsible(负责的).One day, the man told his son to go out and make some money.2he couldn't, he would not have his meal at night.
The boy was afraid and he cried in front of his mother. Her heart melted at the sight of3in her son's eyes. At last, she gave him a gold coin. In the evening, the son showed his father the coin. The father then asked him to throw it into a well. The son did as his father told him4.
The father was a wise man and guessed that the coin was from his5The next day he sent his wife to her parents' town and asked his son to go out and make money again.
With6helping him, the son had to go to the market to look for a job. Finally, a shopkeeper told him that he could7him a gold coin if he carried the heavy boxes to his house. The son couldn't refuse and after a long time, he succeeded in carrying the boxes to the man's house and got the money. He was wet all over and8. As he returned home and showed the money to his father, his father asked him to throw it into the well.
The son almost9out, "Father, my body is aching and my back has rashes(皮疹). It's not10for me to earn the money!
The father smiled. One feels the pain only when the fruits of hard work are wasted.
