Mr. Fool Wants to Move the Mountains

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There were two highmountains between the city Jizhou in

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the south and the city Heyang in the north. One

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was called Taihang Mountain and the other was Wangwu Mountain.

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Both of the mountains were very high.

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There was an old man called Mr.Fool who was nearly

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90 years old lived at the foot of the mountains.

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With the two high mountains just in front of

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his house, he and his families had to walk a

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long way around the mountains whenever they had something to

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do on the other side of the mountains.

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One day, Mr. Fool called all his family together to

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talk about how to move the two mountains to

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another place. His wife said, "An old man like you

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cannot even move a small hill, not to mention the

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two high mountains. Even if you can, where can you

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throw so much earth and stone?” “The Bohai Sea is

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big enough to contain all the earth and stone," Mr. Fool said.

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So it was decided. His children started to dig the mountains,

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led by the old man.

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A man named Mr. Smart saw them working and tried

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to stop them, saying, "You are so silly!

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You're so old and weak that you can't even take

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away the grass and trees. How can you move the high mountains?"

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"You're wrong," Mr. Fool said with a sigh.

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"Look, my sons can continue my work after my death.

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When my sons die, my grandchildren will continue. So

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generations after generations, there's no end. But the mountains

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can't grow higher. Do you still say I can’t move them away?”

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Later the Heaven God, upon learning of Mr.Fool’s story,

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was greatly moved. He then ordered another god to

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come down and take the two high mountains away.

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