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A devout Christian explains the benefits of charitable giving to his neighbors. A short, 7-sentence read, but a little dense on new vocab with harder sentence structures (suitable around HSK 4-5). 

<h4>Some language stuff</h4>
This read is pretty much just an exercise in picking up new vocabulary. You'll learn good-for-the-soul words like "Christianity", "pious", "charity", "donation" and "wealth".

Grammatically, the difficult bits are in the last paragraph, which includes two rhetorical questions that aren't quite so straightforward. I'm actually not going to explain these like I usually do, because I don't think they'll trip up your understanding too much, but I will highlight them below so you know where to focus your attention. 
 
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<h4>《上帝的铲子》</h4>

有个农夫信仰基督教，对上帝十分的虔诚。他为人乐善好施，经常资助贫困的人们，还向各个慈善机构捐赠大笔钱款。邻居和亲友们都不明白，他捐赠如此之多的钱财，为何仍然这么富裕？

有一天，邻人问他：“我们不明白，你捐出去那么多的钱，而且频频去施舍，可你怎么却越来越富有呢？

农夫说：“<span class="highlightText">这还不好解释</span>？你看，我用铲子不断地往上帝的仓库里铲，而上帝也不断地往我的仓库里回铲。你想想，<span class="highlightText">我的铲子能有上帝的大吗？</span>”

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There was a farmer who believed in Christianity, and was quite devout in the Lord. 

He was kind and generous to people, often aided the poor financially, and frequently donated large sums of money to charitable organizations. 　

His neighbors and close friends didn't understand, he donated so much money, how was he still well-to-do?

One day, his neighbors asked him: "We don't get it, you give out so much money, and often give to charity, how are you then increasingly wealthy?"　

The farmer said:　"Must this be explained? Look, I use a shovel and unceasingly [fill up] God's storehouse, and God unceasingly shovels into mine in return. Think about it, could my shovel ever be bigger than God's?"

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