A small mountain spring ran tinkling1 down the narrow stone crevices3. Many years passed. An egg-sized shallow hole was washed out on the rock. Strangely, the mountain spring anyhow brought some bright yellow gold sand and got to fill the small hole.

　　One day, an old woodcutter hit on this secret. To his amazement4, he cupped the gold sand carefully.

　　Since then, the old man furtively5 fetched the gold sand once every half a month or so, so he became rich soon.

　　When discovering his father's secret, his son advised:If they widened the stone crevice2 for more mountian spring, more gold sand could be washed here. The old man thought it over and felt it advisable. So the father and son chiseled6 the narrow stone crevise so widely that the mountain spring was several times than ever. But unexpectedly, the gold sand didn't increase but disappeared ever since.

　　They felt puzzled: Where had the gold sand gone?

　　一股細(xì)細(xì)的山泉沿著窄窄的石縫叮叮咚咚往下流淌，也不知道過(guò)了多少年，竟然在巖石上沖刷出一個(gè)雞蛋大小的淺坑。奇異的是，山泉不知從哪里沖來(lái)黃澄澄的金砂，漸漸的填滿(mǎn)了小坑。

　　有一天，一位砍柴的老漢偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)了這個(gè)秘密，驚喜之下，他小心翼翼的捧走了金砂。

　　從此，老漢過(guò)個(gè)十天半月就偷偷來(lái)取一次金砂，日子很快富裕起來(lái)。

　　老漢的兒子發(fā)現(xiàn)了父親的秘密，他建議：拓寬石縫，擴(kuò)大山泉，不是能沖來(lái)更多的金砂嗎？老漢想了想，覺(jué)得有理，父子倆把窄窄的石縫拓寬了，山泉比原來(lái)大了幾倍，誰(shuí)知金砂不但沒(méi)有增多，反而從此消失的無(wú)影無(wú)蹤。

　　父子倆百思不得其解：金砂到哪里去了呢？