There was once a rich man in the state of Song. After a downpour of rain his wall began to crumble.
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The bell thief who covered his ears
After the fall of the house of Fan, a man got hold of a bronze bell. It was too big to carry away on his back, and when he tried to break it with a hammer it made such a din that he feared others might hear and take it away from him. So he hastily stopped his ears instead of silencing the bell.
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The lost axe and the suspicious eye
A man who lost his axe suspected his neighbour’s son of stealing it.
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