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I had two coins offered me, they shone like gold, they shone like / gold. I clutched at them so greedily, I clutched at them with / fevered hold. I hid them quickly out of sight. They were for me / alone to see. They gave delight, such keen delight; I hoarded them / most miserly. One day, alack! and oh! alas! I took them from their / secret place; a sorry thing had come to pass; my bright gold coins / were dull of face. I tended them with loving hand. Oh! shine again, / be bright again! This fact I could not understand: their gleam and / sheen were on the wane. "I will not hoard you any more," to them I / sighed, to them I cried. I shared with one, with two, with four; / with all the friends whom I espied. Now this is strange but this is / true. My wealth is more instead of less; I spent and spent -- and / still it grew. Those coins were Love and Happiness!