{"id":954,"date":"2022-02-02T05:33:43","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T05:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdr.foobrdigital.com\/?p=954"},"modified":"2022-02-02T05:33:43","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T05:33:43","slug":"how-to-turn-dirt-into-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/02\/how-to-turn-dirt-into-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Turn Dirt Into Gold"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Long ago in a country called Burma, in Asia, there lived a young wife. \u00a0She loved her husband very much, but one fear was heavy on her mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cHusband,\u201d said, \u201cAll day long you try to turn dirt into gold.  You do nothing else! Soon, I fear all of our money will be gone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI do this for us!\u201d said her husband.  \u201cSomeday we will both be rich, and you will thank me!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf we live that long,\u201d said his wife in a quiet voice.  She knew she needed help, and so she went to her father\u2019s house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFather,\u201d she said.  \u201cFrom morning to night, my husband tries to turn dirt into gold.  Soon we will be out of money. I try to talk to him, but he will not listen.  Please, will you talk to him?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy dear,\u201d said her father, \u201cof course.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThank you!\u201d  She felt better already.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next day, the father went to see his daughter\u2019s husband.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI hear you are trying to turning dirt into gold,\u201d he said to the young man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI will do it!\u201d said the young man. \u201cIt just takes some time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI know,\u201d said the father, and the young man looked up in surprise. \u00a0\u201cAh! There is something you do not know about me. When I was your age I, too, was an alchemist who wanted to turn dirt into gold.”\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cYou were?\u201d said the young man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd not only that,\u201d said the father, \u201cbut after many years I found out the secret.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou know how?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI do,\u201d said the old man.  \u201cBut by then I was too old and it was too hard for me to carry it out.  I did not know anyone younger I could trust.\u201d He looked at his son-in-law right in the eye.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou can trust me!\u201d cried the young man.  He jumped up with joy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smiling wide, the two of them shook hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then the older man told his son-in-law about a silver powder that grows on the back of banana leaves. \u00a0Seeds for the bananas must be planted in the ground while the words to a special magic spell are said. When the plants grow tall and ripe, silver powder from the back of the leaves must be brushed off and saved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cHow much of this silver powder is needed?\u201d said the young man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTwo pounds,\u201d said the father.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut that will take hundreds of banana plants!\u201d cried the young man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAlas!\u201d said the father. \u201cThat is why it was too much work for me to carry it out!  But now, I am able to lend you money to rent the land and buy seed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the loan, the young man rented a large plot and cleared the land.  He planted the seeds while saying the magic spell over them that he had learned.  Each day, the young man walked the rows of young plants. With great care, he pulled out the weeds and kept the pests away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the banana plants grew tall and ripe, the young man brushed the magic silver powder from the back of their leaves.  But only a handful of the powder could be saved. He had to buy more land and grow more bananas. It took a few years, but at last he had the two pounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 With great joy, he ran to his father-in-law\u2019s house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I have enough of the silver powder!” he cried.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Great!” said his father-in-law. “Now I will show you how to turn dirt into gold! But first you must bring me a bucket of dirt from the banana farm.  And you must bring my daughter – she is also needed.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The young man did not understand why, but he ran to the farm and dug up a bucket of the dirt. \u00a0Then got his wife at home, and the two of them went to the old man\u2019s house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The father asked his daughter, “When your husband was saving the banana powder, what did you do with the bananas?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Why, I sold them,” she said. “That is how we have been able to live.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Did you save any money?” asked the father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Of course,” she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“May I see it?” said the old man. The young woman and her husband gave each other a quick look \u2013 this was odd!  But she went home and came back with a large bag. The father saw that inside the bag were gold coins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSet that down,\u201d he said.  Then he took the bucket of dirt and dumped it onto the floor.  He took the bag and poured the gold coins in a pile, next to the dirt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“You see,” he said, turning to his son-in-law, “you have turned dirt into gold!”

The young man said, “What?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Oh, I get it!’ said the daughter.\u00a0 “My dear,” she said, turning to her husband. “You farmed the dirt, and then we sold the bananas.\u00a0 Now we have gold coins!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“But that is not the magic I had in mind,” he said. The daughter gave her husband a kiss on the cheek, and she smiled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Well,” he said,  “maybe there is some magic here.”  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Indeed,” said the father.  “Now let’s eat!”  And the three of them sat down to a good, tasty dinner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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