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2TheWiseOldLadyAlongtimeago,therewasayoungmanwhowantedtobeawriter.Hewantedtogetmarriedandtolivewritingcompositions,buthecouldn'tdiscoverwhathehadtowrite.Hecouldn'tcomeupwithanygoodstories,anditseemedthateverythingwasalreadywritten."Themenwhowerebornonethousandyearsagoareverylucky.Eventhemenwhowerebornonehundredyearsagoaremuchluckierthanme.Uptothen,therewerestillgoodsubjectmatterstowriteabout.Itisnaturalthattherearenomoregoodsubjectmatters."Theyoungmansaidcomplaining.Hebecameillbecausehestudiedsohardandthoughtalotaboutbeingawriter.Noneofthegreatdoctorscouldcurehim,buttherewasonepersonwhomightbeabletocurehim-awiseoldlady.TheWiseOldLadyworkedasagatekeeperunboltingthegateforcarriagesandhorsesofaranch.Shealsohadcomprehensiveknowledgeofmanysubjects.Theyoungmandecidedtogoandvisither.Eventhoughtherewerenotreesorflowersaroundthewiseoldlady'shouse,therewasabeehiverightnexttothedoors,asmallgardenwherepotatoesweregrowing,andthefencewassurroundedbyhawthorn.'Howdrearythisis!'Hethoughttohimself.Butherewerethetreasureshewassearchingfor."Writewhatyouthink.Eveniftheyarecrumbsofbread,theyarestillbread.Iknowwhyyoucamehere.Youwanttobeawriter,butyoucannotcomeupwithagreatstory,canyou?""Yes,everythingwasalreadywrittenasstories.Nowadaysisdifferentfromtheolddays."Theyoungmananswered."You'reright.Alongtimeago,peopleburnedwisewomenlikemeatthestake,andpoetswerepoor.Butnowadaysisbetterthananytime.Youjustcan'tseethosethings,becauseyouhavesuchnarrowinsight.Ievendoubtwhetheryoucanhear.Ifyouhavetheabilitytowrite,thereareendlessgoodsubjectmatters.First,stopthinkingaboutyourself,andtrytounderstandarayofsunlight."Theyoungmanputonthewiseoldlady'sglassesandhearingaid,andhereceivedandheldoneofthepotatoesthatthewiseoldladygavetohimfromthepotatopatch.Afterawhile,thepotatostartedtotalkaboutitself.Afterheheardthepotatotalking,thewiseoldladylettheyoungmanlookatthehawthorn.Thehawthornalsotoldhimaromanticstory.Theyoungmanwasimpressed.Butthewiseoldladyseemedtoknowalready,andshetookhimtoaplacewheretherewasabeeh