prayed to them to give them luck.  It happened that a Man had often prayed

to a wooden idol he had received from his father, but his luck never seemed 

to change.  He prayed and he prayed, but still he remained as unlucky as 

ever.  One day in the greatest rage he went to the Wooden God, and with 

one blow swept it down from its pedestal.  The idol broke in two, and what 

did he see?  An immense number of coins flying all over the place.