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One day the Mountain man said to the Sea man, "I have never tried fishing in my life. I'd like to go fishing in the sea at a time. So why don't you exchange your fishing rod（钓杆） for my bow and arrows and try to go hunting in the mountain?" "If you say so, only once..." said the Sea man, agreeing at last. The Sea man went to the mountain while the Mountain man went to the sea. No matter how hard the Sea man tried hunting in the mountain, he couldn't get any games（猎物） . The Mountain man went fishing for the first time in his life, but he also didn't get any fish. What was worse, he lost the important fishhook（鱼钩） in the sea. "My brother, please forgive me for losing your important fishhook." "What? You lost my fishhook?" said the Sea man in anger. The Mountain man apologized to his brother so many times but the Sea man never forgave him and ordered him to find it back. Though the Mountain man made 500 fishhooks from his own sword by himself, he was never forgiven by his brother. "Please use these fishhooks instead of the lost one." said the younger brother. "No, I can't go without that fishhook." said the elder one. The Mountain man had been sitting on the beach for a long time, thinking and crying and looking at the sea. Then an old man came to him and said, "What's the matter with you? What makes you cry sobitterly（悲痛地） ?" | 
