Once, there were two brothers. Dawu, the older brother, was greedy and miserly. But Xiaowu, the younger brother, was honest and kind. When it was time to divide the family inheritance, Dawu took everything in the house, leaving Xiaowu with nothing. A few days before the Lunar New Year, Xiaowu’s wife told him, “Please cut down the large camphor tree in front of the house and sell it, or we will not have enough money for the New Year.” Xiaowu took his axe to the foot of the tree.

Just as he was about to swing his axe, an eagle on  the tree said, “Please do not cut this tree, or my babies will lose their home.” Xiaowu sighed and said, “I don’t want to cut down this beautiful old camphor tree, but we have no money and have no choice but to do so.” The eagle replied, “I will carry you to Sun Mountain to get some treasure, in exchange for not cutting this tree.” They decided to go at night to avoid the hot sun.

When they arrived at Sun Mountain, Xiaowu saw trees withered by the sun everywhere, and there was a lot of treasure under  the trees. Xiaowu wasn’t greedy, so, he only took a golden mill and some jewels. Then, he quickly went home on the eagle’s back before the sun came out. When they got home, Xiaowu’s wife sold the jewels for rice. When Xiaowu used the golden mill to grind the rice, it turned into golden sand! From that day on, Xiaowu and his wife never had to worry about money again, and led a blissful and contented life.

When Dawu heard about this, he too went to the camphor tree with an axe, and the eagle had no choice but to take him to Sun Mountain as well. Upon seeing so much treasure, Dawu became too greedy. He kept taking more and more treasure, even when his bag was full. The eagle warned him, “The sun will rise soon, we really need to leave now!” So, Dawu got onto the eagle’s back reluctantly. As his bag was too heavy the eagle could not fly at all. However, Dawu stubbornly refused to let go of his treasure. The eagle had no choice but to leave Dawu behind. When the sun rose at daybreak, Dawu, the greedy brother, was killed by the heat of the sun while still clutching onto his treasure.

從前有兩兄弟，大哥大武貪心又小氣，弟弟小武老實又善良。兩人分家時，大武把家裡的東西全拿走，過年前幾天小武的老婆對小武說：「把門前的大樟樹砍掉賣點錢，不然沒錢過年。」小武只好拿著斧頭去砍樹。

正要砍樹時，樹上老鷹說：「不要砍樹，要不然我三個孩子就沒地方住。」小武無奈地說：「我也不想砍這棵老樟樹，可是我們沒錢只能砍樹。」老鷹說：「那我載你到太陽山拿一些寶物，這樣你就不用砍樹了。」老鷹就和小武約在晚上出發，免得被太陽晒死。

到達太陽山時，到處都是被晒枯的樹，樹下有數不盡的寶藏，小武一點都不貪心，只拿一個金石磨及一些珠寶，就騎著老鷹回家，以免天亮被太陽晒死。回家後，老婆就拿著珠寶去買米，小武把米放在石磨上磨，竟然磨出金沙來，夫妻倆就靠著這些金沙，過著幸福滿足的生活。

這件事被哥哥大武知道後，大武也拿著斧頭去砍樟樹，老鷹也只好載他去拿寶物，誰知道，大武看到那麼多金銀財寶，裝滿一大袋還不肯走，老鷹說：「天快亮了，再不走會被太陽晒死的！」大武不甘願地爬上老鷹的背，但是，袋子實在太重，老鷹根本飛不起來，大武又不肯減少寶物，老鷹便把大武丟下，等到太陽漸漸升起時，只見貪心的大武抱著寶物活活被晒死了。