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
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