Our two mules have returned with sacks on their backs , so heavily laden with something or other that the poor beasts can hardly stand up . ' ` Wife , I have told you a dozen times already that I am not going to get up . Why ca n't you leave me in peace ? ' As she found she could get no help from her husband the woman took a large knife and cut the cords which bound the sacks on to the animals ' backs . They fell at once to the ground , and out poured a rain of gold pieces , till the little court-yard shone like the sun . ' A treasure ! ' gasped the woman , as soon as she could speak from surprise . ' A treasure ! ' And she ran off to tell her husband . ` Get up ! get up ! ' she cried . ` You were quite right not to go to the forest , and to await Fortune in your bed ; she has come at last ! Our mules have returned home laden with all the gold in the world , and it is now lying in the court . No one in the whole country can be as rich as we are ! ' In an instant the wood-cutter was on his feet , and running to the court , where he paused dazzled by the glitter of the coins which lay around him . ` You see , my dear wife , that I was right , ' he said at last . ` Fortune is so capricious , you can never count on her . Run after her , and she is sure to fly from you ; stay still , and she is sure to come . ' -LSB- Traditions Populaires de l'Asie Mineure . -RSB-
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