The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-07-25
THE sToNE-CUTTER's SIX WISHES.

Once upon time there vas in Japan a
poor stone cutter, simple workman in the
ouarries. His life was rude, he worried much,
gained little, and was not at all contented
with his fate. f-s ,s-.,-
"Oh, if could only be rich enough to rest,
to sleep on thick mating, wrapped in q kiri-
mon of soft silk!' Such was the sigh he
breathed to heaven. An angel interrupted
| it, eIl1 400 1t
cit shall be according to thy DESIRE" said
the angel to him, And he at once bee anne
rich, and he rested, slept upon thick mating
aid wrapped himselfin kirimon ofsoft silk
1t happened that the emperor passed by.
He was preceded by heralds on horseback
followed by brilliant escort of caval iers
and surrounded by persons who held over
his head an immense parasol resplen de MT
with gold.
"What good does it do me to be rich p
murmured the man, sas long as I have no,
the right to go out with an escort. and my
head protected by golden parasol? Why
am not the EMPEROR
stThou shalt be" said the angel.
And indie ed, lie became the emp error. He
had an ESQ curt of cavaliers before and be"
hind him, and PEG pie who held abov his
head an immense para sol Respondent with
gold.
However, the sun with, its arden mt beams
dried up the country, and the dusty road,
quivering with it's brightness, fatigued his
eyes. :.
cried the man, ''when the heat of the day
exhausts you, and the sun never ceases to
make you feel his power! But if one could
be the sun ]"
"Behold Are you satisfied 20 the angel
asked. For he had become the sun, and he
darted his beams up. down, right and left,
and all around him. And he scorched the
heritage of the earth and the faces Of the
princes upon the earth.
But now cloud thrust itself between the
earth and him. It held back the rays of the
sun and prevented them from falling upo n
the earth'S surface.
"There is strength" cried the sun-"a
cloud capable Of resisting my power. 1t
every WE'LL" said the angel.
And the transformation was at once &C.
complished. The new cloud placed itself
haughtily between the sun and the earth,
and so thoroughly intercepted the rays of the
sun, that it soon saw the earth, covered with
its shadow. Then it caused big drops OF rain,
and pouring showers and waterspouts to fall
on the land, so that the torrents burst their
bounds, and the rivers spread over and de-
Vastated the fields.
Nothing resisted the force of the inunda-
ton; only a rock defed it, perfectly motion
less In vain the believing waters beat it in
their 4ury-the rock yielded not, but the
foaming waves died at its foot.
GA rock then is my superior" said the
cloud would rather be in its place."
"You shall be-" said the angel.
And he was transformed into steep. I'm,
shaken rock, insensible to the rays Of the
sun, indifferent to the torrents of rain and The
shock of the tumuituous waves. But he dis
tinguished at his feet man of poor appear
ance hardly clothed, armed with chlsel
and a hammer and the man, with the help
of those Instruments, struck off pieces of the
rock, which he dressed into stones proper for
cutting.
"W6at is that?" cried the rock "has a
man the power of rending peices of stone
from my base? Shall be weaker than he :?
Then it is absolutely necessary that shoald
be that man ~
"Have your will ~ said the angel; and he
became again what he had been-a poor
stonecutter, simple workman in the quar-
res. His life was rude he worked much and
gained little, but he had learned contentment
with his lot.-Jap0neSe Fable.