There
was a man who earned his living by telling fortunes in the market-place of a
great town. He was very busy one day. He was telling the crowd of customers
about all the strange things that would happen to them. But at that time a man
brought him a word that thieves had broken into his house.
The
fortune-teller ran off for his home as fast as his legs would take him. But on
the way he was brought to a full stop by a stranger who said, ”Pardon me, sir;
but will you tell me how it is that you are so clever at telling other people’s
fortunes and yet you know so little about your own?”
Summary:
A man lived by fortune-telling in a big market place. One day he was telling of
wonderful fortunes to a crowd of men. Then he heard of a theft in his house. So
he ran home immediately. A stranger stopped him on the way and asked him how he
could tell other men their fortunes, whereas he did not know his own.
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