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Which theme is most likely conveyed in this passage?
Read the passage from the old Chinese fairy-tale "The
Favorite of Fortune and the Child of III Luck."
But the beggar found his fortune, and at length became
emperor. He returned and stood before his wife. She
however, no longer recognized him: She only knew that
he was the powerful emperor.
He asked her how she were getting along.
O The humble are the mighty
O Good things come to those who wait
Time enhances beauty
O Hard work results in good fortune,
"Why do you ask me how I am getting along?" she
replied, "I am too far beneath your notice.
"And who may your husband be?
"My husband was a beggar. He went away to seek his
fortune. That was eighteen years ago, and he has not yet
returned
"And what have you done during all of those long years?"
"I have been waiting for him to return