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　　Things Aren’t Always What They Seem

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　　Two travelling angels stopped to spend the night

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　　in the home of a wealthy family.

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　　The family was rude

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　　and refused to let the angels stay in the guest room.

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　　Instead，the angels were given a small space in the cold basement.

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　　As they made their bed on the hard floor,

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　　the older angel saw a hole in the wall and repaired it.

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　　When the younger angel asked why,

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　　the older angel replied,

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　　“Things aren’t always what they seem.”

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　　The next night the pair came to rest at the house of a very poor,

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　　but very hospitable farmer and his wife.

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　　After sharing what little food they had,

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　　the couple let the angels sleep in their bed

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　　where they could have a good night’s rest.

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　　When the sun came up the next morning

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　　the angels found the farmer and his wife in tears.

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　　Their only cow,

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　　whose milk had been their sole income,

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　　lay dead in the field.

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　　The younger angel was infuriated and accused the older angel:

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　　“How could you have let this happen?

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　　The first man has everything,

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　　yet you helped him;

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　　the second family has little

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　　but is willing to share everything,

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　　and you let the cow die.”

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　　“Things aren’t always what they seem.”

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　　the older angel replied.

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　　“When we stayed in the basement of the mansion,

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　　I noticed there was gold stored in that hole in the wall.

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　　Since the owner was so obsessed with greed

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　　and unwilling to share his good fortune,

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　　I sealed the wall so he wouldn’t find it.”

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　　“Then last night as we slept in the farmers’ bed,

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　　the angel of death came for his wife.

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　　I gave him the cow instead.

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　　Things aren’t always what they seem.”

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　　Sometimes that is exactly what happens

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　　when things don’t turn out the way they should.

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　　If you have faith,

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　　you just need to trust

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　　that every outcome is always to your advantage.

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　　You might not know it until some time later...

英语四级美文听力原文|2018年英语四级美文：Things Aren’t Always What They Seem

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