English Original
A poor man had a wooden image of a god, to which he used to pray daily for riches. He did this for a long time but remained as poor as ever. One day, in disgust, he seized the image and hurled it with all his strength against the wall.
The force of the blow split open the head of the image, and a quantity of gold coins fell out onto the floor. The man gathered them up greedily and said, "Oh, you old fraud! When I honored you, you did me no good whatever. But no sooner do I treat you with insults and violence than you make a rich man of me!"
中文翻译
一个穷人有一尊木制神像，他每天都向它祈祷财富。他这样做了很长时间，却依然一贫如洗。终于有一天，他厌恶地抓起神像，用尽全力把它猛掷到墙上。
这一击的力量劈开了神像的头，大量金币掉落在地板上。那人贪婪地把金币捡起来，说道：“哦，你这个老骗子！我尊敬你时，你对我毫无益处。可我刚对你加以侮辱和暴力，你就让我变成了富人！”