One day a crowd of people was walking along the road. Each one carried his own cross on his shoulder. One man felt that his cross was very heavy. He was very cunning. Lagging behind everyone else, he went into the forest and sawed off part of the cross. Satisfied that he had outwitted everyone, he caught up with them and moved on. Suddenly an abyss appeared on the way. Everyone put down their crosses and crossed over. The cunning man remained on this side, since his cross turned out to be short.
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