The Golden Star-Fruit Tree
The Golden Star-Fruit Tree A long time ago,there was a rich old man living in Vietnam. He had two sons. They had very different attitudes. The older brother was very greedy, but the younger brother was very kind. When the old man died, the brothers divided his father's wealth into two parts. The big brother took almost everything. He gave his younger brother only a small piece of land, with a star-fruit tree in front of it. The younger brother did not mind. From the on he lived there and made his living only by selling star fruits from the tree. Unfortunately, a very big raven often came and ate all the ripe fruits. At first, he was too afraid of the raven, and did not know what to do. But one day he dared to approach the raven. He begged to it not eat the fruits. "If you eat the fruit,I will have nothing to sell to the market, and my family will starve." Surprisingly the raven was not angry. He replied, "I need the fruits too. Can I have them and I'