The husband spent the money on bricks, tiles and timber and on hiring carpenters and masons. From that time on, neither of them went into the mountain to cut firewood any more. The day came when their pile of silver was almost exhausted, but the new house was still unfinished. It had long been in the back of the husbands mind to ask the moneybag to produce more silver. So without his wifes knowledge, he opened the bag for a second time that day. Instantly, another lump of snow white silver rolled jingling out of the bag onto the ground. He opened it a third time and received a third lump.

He thought to himself, If I go on like this, I can get the house finished in no time! He quite forgot the old mans warning. But when he opened the bag for the fourth time, it was absolutely empty. This time not a scrap of silver came out of it. It was just an old cloth bag. When he turned to look at his unfinished brick house, that was gone as well. There before him was his old thatched hut.

The woodcutter felt very sad. His wife came over and consoled him, We cant depend on the magic moneybag from heaven. Lets go back to the mountain to cut firewood as we did before. Thats a more dependable way of earning a living.

From that day on, the young couple once again went up to the mountain to cut firewood and led their old, hardworking life.

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