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them to give them luck. It happened that 

 a Man had often prayed to a wooden idol 

 he had received from his father, but his luck 

 never seemed to change. He prayed and he 

 prayed, but still he remained as unlucky as 

 ever. One day in the greatest rage he went 

 to the Wooden God, and with one blow 

 swept it down from its pedestal. The idol 



broke in two, and what did he see ? An 

 immense number of coins flying all over 

 the place. 



