There was an old man who lived long ago in China and was known as the Foolish Old Man of North Mountain.
His house faced south, and beyond his doorway stood the two great peaks, Taihang and Wangwu, obstructing his view and blocking his way to town.
He was annoyed by the obstruction caused by the mountains, and he could only make one round trip between the mountain and his town in a year.
He called his sons, and hoe in hand they began to dig up these mountains with great determination.
Another graybeard, known as the Wise Old Man, saw them and said derisively, “How silly of you to do this! It is quite impossible for you few to dig up those two huge mountains.”
The Foolish Old Man replied, “When I die, my sons will carry on; when they die, there will be my grandsons, and then their sons and grandsons, and so on to infinity. High as they are, the mountains cannot grow any higher, and with every bit we dig, they will be that much lower. Why can’t we clear them away?”
Having refuted the Wise Old Man’s wrong view, he went on digging every day, unshaken in his conviction. God was so impressed with his hard work and perseverance that He sent down two angels, who carried the mountains away on their backs, leaving a clear view and an open path to loved ones and his community.
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