双语故事 玻璃瓶中的妖怪(7)

　　"No," answered the student, "you would cheat me like you tried to the first time."

　　"You are giving away your own good fortune," said the spirit. "I will not harm you, but instead will reward you richly."

　　The student thought, "I will venture it. Perhaps he will keep his word, and in any event he will not get the better of me."

　　So he pulled out the cork, and the spirit rose up from the bottle as before, and extended himself, becoming as large as a giant.

　　"Now you shall have your reward," he said, handing the student a little rag that looked just like a small bandage. He said, "If you rub a wound with the one end, it will heal, and if you rub steel or iron with the other end, it will turn into silver."

　　"I have to try that," said the student. He went to a tree, scratched the bark with his ax, then rubbed it with the one end of the bandage. It immediately closed together and was healed.