Avaricious 

 and Envious 



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WO neighbours came before Jupiter 

 and prayed him to grant their 

 hearts' desire. Now the one was 

 full of avarice, and the other eaten 

 envy. So to punish them both, 

 Jupiter granted that each might have what- 

 ever he wished for himself, but only on 

 condition that his neighbour had twice as 

 much. The Avaricious man prayed to have 

 a room full of gold. No sooner said than 

 done ; but all his joy was turned to grief when 

 he found that his neighbour had two rooms 

 full of the precious metal. Then came the 

 turn of the Envious man, who could not bear 

 to think that his neighbour had any joy at all. 

 So he prayed that he might have one of his 

 own eyes put out, by which means his com- 

 panion would become totally blind. 



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