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1、Elia s : A P a r ableAt one t ime the elde r ly c oup 1 e ha d bee n th e wea 1 thie s t in the regio n , now t h ey were me r ely s e r v a n ts who had no t h i n g but each other.1 I n the P r ovine e of O u fa th e r e lived a man named Elias. His fa t her died a year a f ter he marr i ed, a nd
2、left him a p o o r man. At th a t t i me E 1 i a sz s property c onsist e d onl y o f seven mares, tw o cows, and tw e n ty shee p , but now t h at he had become mas ter he began t o be t t er himse 1 f. H e and his w if e w o r ked hard from m o rning till n ight for thirty y ears, growing richer e
3、ach ye a r.2 El i a s h ad tw o s o ns and a d aughter, a 1 1 of whom h e dul y married off. I n t he days o f his p overty his s o ns had worke d wi t h h im; b u t w h en they be c am e rich, they be g a n to ind ulg e i nf oolish p 1 easures. One ofth e m, i n p a rtic u lar,b e gan t odrinktoexc
4、e s s. E ve n t u a 1 ly the eld e r of the two was killed inafight, and the ot h er o n e, beca u se h ediso b ey edh i s father, was tu r ne d out.3 E 1 ias tur n e d h im o u t, but at the s ame t ime he g avthu se him a house a nd c attle. H i sownwealthwas dimi n i shed i n p r op o rtion.4 Soo
5、n after w a r ds his s heep be c ame i n fee t e d with dise a se, an d many o f th e m died. Nex t, the re w a s a y ear of drought, whe n n o hay grew, s o t h a t ma n y c attle star v ed tode a t h during th e followin g winter. ThentheKhirgiz e sc a me and stole the be s t o fh is horse s,and h
6、 is pr ope r ty w a s d i mini s hed ev e n more. Bythe time he hadr e ac h e d h i s seven t i e th year,allthe p rop erty lef t to him co n s i s t e d of t h e c 1 ot h es on h is body and hi s w if e 9 S h a m Shemag i , who was as old as himself. The son wh o m he h a d turned ou t had go n e t
7、o a distant land, and hi s dau g ht e r was dea d ; so that ther e was no one le f t to h e 1 p the old peopl e .5 However a f orm erne igh b o r o f theirs, n a med Muhamedshah, felt sorry f or them. He w a s neith e r rich nor p oor, but lived plainl y and was a respect a bl e man. Rem e mb e rin
8、g the day s w h e n he had b een a g u est i n th e house of El i as,h e asked the couple to c ome and 1ive wit h him a nd d o s o me work f or him i f they liked.Elias tha n ked his go o d n e i g h bo r , an d w e nt with his o Id w i fe to li v e in t he service of Muham e dshah. At fi r st i t g
9、rieve dthemtodo so; b u t i n time they g ot us e d to it,and s e ttieddow n to live t he r e a nd t o work as much as the ir s t ren g th p e r mitted.6 It sui t edtheir ma s ter t o ha v e them in his servi c e ,sinee theo 1 dpe ople had been i n a u thori t y t hem s e 1 ve s ,and s o k new how t
10、 o do things. Moreover, they were never laz y , bu t wor k e d the bes t the yknew. YetM uhamedshah used to feel so r r y toseep eople formerly so hig h in the w o rl d n ow reduc e d tos uc h a d if fi c u It situ ation. 7 One d a y s o me o f M uh a med s h ahsf r ie nd s came to v i sit him. W h
11、en the guests le a r n e d that E li a s, o nee th e w ealt hiestmanin the re g i o n, was m e re 1 y a servant o f the h o st, t h ey were so sur p r ise d thatt he y a sk ed the couple a bou t t h ei r forme r 1 ife. 8nO1 d man, ns ai d o n e of the guest s , t el 1m e w h ether itgri e v e s you
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