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Longlongago,whenthegreatlibraryofAlexandriaburned,onebookwassaved.Butitwasnotavaluablebook,soa36man,whocouldreadalittle,boughtitforafewcoins.

Thebook37veryinteresting,butbetweenitspagestherewassomethingveryinterestingindeed.Itwasaboutthesecretofthe"Touchstone(试金石)Thetouchstonewasasmallpebble(鹅卵石)thatcould38anycommonmetalintopuregold.Thewritingexplainedthatitwas39amongthousandsandthousandsofotherpebblesthatlookedexactlylikeit.Butthe40wasthis;Therealstonewouldfeelwarm,whileordinarypebbleswere41.

Sothemansoldhisfewbelongs,boughtsomesimplesupplies,campedonthebeach,andbegan42pebbles.Heknewthatifhepickedupcommonpebblesandthrew43downagain,hemightpickupthesamepebblehundredsoftimes.So,whenhefeltonethatwascold,hethrewitintothesea.Hespentawholeday44this,butnoneofthemwasthetouchstone.Yethewentonandonthisway.Pickupapebble.Cold—throw;itintothesea.Pickup45Cold—throwitintothesea.

Thedaysstretchedintoweeksandtheweeksintomonthsandthemonths46years.Oneday,however,aboutmid-afternoon,hepickedupapebbleanditwaswarm.Hethrewitintothesea47herealizedwhathehaddone.Hehadformed48astronghabitofthrowingeachpebbleintotheseathatwhentheonehewantedcamealong,he49threwitaway.

Soitiswithchance.50wedon'tpayenoughattention,itiseasytomissachancewhenitisinhandandit'sjustaseasytothrowitaway.

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