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Thanh looked to his thirsty rice fields. Why hadn't the gods answered his prayers? If the gods won't help me, he thought, I must help myself. All day, he worked to dig channels to water the rice fields, never praying to the gods, or cursing them for not answering. Eventually, he fell, exhausted from the oppressive Vietnamese sun. I need to be strong , he thought, struggling back up. After many hard hours, Thanh collapsed onto his hammock. As he silently cursed his misfortune, Thanh felt something: a raindrop. This, he realized, smiling, is the gods' reward for hard work.
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