But all Peter could think about was the crown, the scepter and wealth. Why did he bend over for a piece of scrap metal? So he pretended not to hear Jesus and walked on with his head held high. Jesus looked at Peter and said nothing. He bent down and picked up the horseshoe himself.
When he passed the blacksmith's shop, Jesus sold his horseshoe to the blacksmith, who gave him three cents. They walked on until they came to a fruit shop. Jesus bought a juicy cherry with three cents.
Jesus hid seventeen or eighteen cherries in his sleeve. The master and the apprentice went out of the west gate and crossed the vast wilderness, without seeing houses or trees all the way. The sun shines brilliantly. Peter is getting thirsty. What he needs now is water, even a drop!
At this time, Jesus took a cherry out of his sleeve and threw it quietly on the ground. Peter saw the cherry and immediately ran in and bent down to pick it up. Peter is eating cherries, thinking that such sweet fruit is really hard to find. Jesus threw a cherry in a few steps and Peter bent back seventeen or eighteen times.
Finally, Jesus smiled and said to Peter, "If you only bent down once, you wouldn't bend down endlessly now. If you don't care about small things, you will eventually devote yourself to smaller things. "