Toad with a penny in the mouth

Toad seemed to me an ugly animal. I was afraid the small animal when I was a young child. Until one day, I saw my father’s desk had one carving of toad with a penny in the mouth. At that time I was mid-twenty at university, and was curiosity about the carving. So I asked my father why he put an ugly animal on desk. My father said to me seriously. “Toad is a great symbol to Chinese. It says a toad with a penny in the mouth at your house will make your family well and rich.”Today I still remember father’s serious face at that day.

After my father die, my mother gave the carving to me. I put it on my desk too. I did found my family and my finance go smoothly. Of course, I am not rich, but life is O.K.

Then I retired, and my daughter got a clinic of herself. I transferred the caving to her. I do hope her clinic may keep well and finance go smoothly. I do not know what it will be in the future of the clinic, but so far so good.

I do hope the carving of toad with a penny in the mouth may keep my family well and rich as usual.