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Chinese people understood this well. They even have a fable called "Teaching your Unborn Child" that has been retold continually since ancient times. During the Cheng Meng Season (a Chinese tradition of ancestral worship), as two sisters were making their way to pay respect at their family's shrine, they came across a bag of money that had fallen on the side of the road. The delighted younger sister said to her older sister: "Dear sister, we are so lucky. This surely is our good fortune." The older sister replied, "My sweet sister, we cannot keep this fortune." "Why not?" the younger sister uttered, bewildered. The older sister replied, “In the three months that I've been pregnant I have taught my child about good virtues. I have taught it to be a person who does not covet anything that is not his. We should wait here for the rightful owner for a little while." At the same moment, a woman passing by saw the two sisters picking up the money. She waited on the side before coming over to ask them, "Did you see a money bag?" The younger sister answered, "It is here." The woman spoke with her eyes wide open, "It is my money that I dropped. Please give it back to me; my mother is waiting to go buy alcohol with that money." The older sister then asked her, "When did you drop it?" The woman avoided the question and said, "Don't ask me too much." At the same time, another woman approached them with the tearful eyes. She asked with a tremble, "Dear ladies, I was wondering if you've seen a bag of money in this area. A little while ago, I was carrying it while I passed by this way to go buy gold and silver paper to bury with my mother's body, but I dropped it unknowingly." When the first woman heard the second woman's account of the actual event, she stepped away. Both sisters gave the money bag to the second woman. She was the real owner. She was so impressed and appreciated both sisters. The two sisters continued walking. The younger sister stated, "Dear sister, you settled the problem superbly. I thought if anyone claimed to be the owner of the money, you would give it to that person immediately." The older sister replied, "To help people, you must help them to the very end. Regardless of the work you do, you shall never abandon someone. When you begin to help, you The Warm Hearted Family 94 Teaching your Unborn Child The Warm Hearted Family 95 Teaching your Unborn Child