

With great care, he pulled out the weeds and kept the pests away. Each day, the young man walked the rows of young plants.

He planted the seeds while saying the magic spell over them that he had learned. With the loan, the young man rented a large plot and cleared the land. “That is why it was too much work for me to carry it out! But now, I am able to lend you money to rent the land and buy seed.” “But that will take hundreds of banana plants!” cried the young man. “How much of this silver powder is needed?” said the young man. When I was your age I, too, was an alchemist who wanted to turn dirt into gold." “Ah! There is something you do not know about me. “I know,” said the father, and the young man looked up in surprise. “I hear you are trying to turning dirt into gold,” he said to the young man.

The next day, the father went to see his daughter’s husband. I try to talk to him, but he will not listen. “From morning to night, my husband tries to turn dirt into gold. She knew she needed help, and so she went to her father’s house. “If we live that long,” said his wife in a quiet voice. “Someday we will both be rich, and you will thank me!” You do nothing else! Soon, I fear all of our money will be gone.” “Husband,” said, “All day long you try to turn dirt into gold.
