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19世纪中叶,美国加州发现了金矿,于是,很快地掀起了一股淘金热。17岁的小农夫亚默尔也抱着发财的心理,随着淘金的人涌入加州。山谷里水源奇缺,寻找金矿的人最痛苦的就是没水喝,纷纷抱怨。亚默尔认真思考一番,觉得在这里也许卖凉水比挖金更能赚钱。于是,他毅然放弃了找矿,把手头的铁锨掉了个方向,由挖掘黄金变成挖掘水渠,他终于获得清凉可口的凉水。他把水装进桶里、壶里,卖给找矿的人们,结果,在很短的时间里,亚默尔卖水赚了不少钱。当许多人因找不到黄金而忍饥挨饿、流落他乡时,亚默尔已经成了一个小小的富翁了。
The mid-19th century, the United States discovered gold in California, so soon set off a gold rush. Yammer, a 17-year-old farmer, also holds a fortune, pouring gold into California. Valley of water scarce, looking for the most painful gold mine is no water to drink, have complained. Yammer thinks hard, thinking that selling cold water here may make more money than digging gold. So, he decided to give up the prospecting, iron hand in hand out of the way, from digging gold into digging canals, he finally got cool and delicious cold water. He put the water into the bucket, the pot, sold to the prospecting people, as a result, in a very short period of time, Yameer made a lot of money selling water. When many were starving and hungry because they could not find gold, Yammel had become a little rich man.