Long long ago,there lived a man in a
foreign country.He loved money and never gave anything to anybody.Soon he
become rich.
One day he was with his friend near the
river.He slipped and fell into the river .His friends ran to help him.One of
them said,“ Give me your hand,and I’ll pull you out (拉出来)!” The rich man’s head went under
the water and then came up again ,but he did not give his friend his hand,
Again another of his friends tried ,but again the rich man did not give him his
hand.
Then the third friend said,“ Take my
hand and I’ll pull you out !” The rich man took his friend’s hand with both his
hands,and his friend pulled him out of water.
“ You don’t know our friend very well,”
the third friend said to the others .“ When you say ‘Give’ to him ,he does
nothing ,but when you say ‘Take’,he takes!”