An e**eror was ing out of his palace for hi** walk whe a beggar. He asked the beggar， “ What do you want？”The beggar laughed and said， “ You are askihough you fulfill my desire！”The king was offended. He said， “ Of course I fulfill your desire. What is it？ Just tell me. ”And the beggar said， “ Think twice before youpromise anything. ”The beggar was no ordinary beggar， he was the em? peror’ s past life m aster. He had promised in that life，“ I will e and try to wake you in your life. Thislife you have missed but I will e again. ” But theking had fotten co**letely － who remembers pastlives？ So he insisted， “ I will fulfill anything you ask. Iam a very powerful e**eror， what you possibly de? sire that I ot give to you？”The beggar said， “ It is a very si**le desire. Yousee this begging bowl？ you fill it with som ething？”The e**eror said， “ Of course！” He called one ofhis viziers and told him， “ Fill this man’ s beggingbowl with money.” The vizier went and got some moneyand poured it into the bowl， and it disappeared. And hepoured more and more， and the moment he poured it， itwould disappear. And the begging bowl remained alwayse** whole palace gathered. By and by the rumorwent throughout the whole capital， and a huge crowdgathered. The p restige of the e**eror was at stake. Hesaid to his viziers， “ If the whole kingdom is lost， I amready to lose it， but I ot be defeated by thisbeggar. ”Diamonds and pearls and emeralds， his treasurieswere beiy. The begging bowl seemed to bebottom***s. Everything that ut into it—everything！ — immediately disappeared， went out of ly it was the evening， and the people werestanding there in utter silence. The king dropped at thefeet of the beggar and admitted his defeat， he said，“ Just tell me ohing. You are victorious — but beforeyou leave， just fulfill my curiousity. What is the beggingbowl made of？”The beggar laughed and said， “ It is made up of thehuman mind. There is . It is si**ly made up ofhuman desire. ”热词空间offend vt. 冒犯， 得罪， 伤害； 使厌恶； 违犯，违反promise v. 允诺； 有希望； 有前途n. 承诺； 希望vizier n. ***教国家的） 大臣emerald n. 祖母绿， 翡翠a. 翠绿色的 （本章完）