THE MISER STORY

A white bearded miser buried his gold in a secret place in his garden. Every day he ensures he visit the spot, dug up the treasure and counted it piece by piece to make sure it was intact. He made so many trips that a mediocre  observed him,went behind one night and dug up the treasure and quietly made off with it.

The next day the Miser discovered his loss, he was overcome with grief and despair. He groaned and cried and tore his hair. A passerby heard his cries and asked what had happened.


“My gold! O my gold!” cried the Miser, wildly, “someone has robbed me!”

“Your gold! There in that hole? Why did you put it there? Why did you not keep it in the house where you could easily get it when you had to buy things?”

“Buy!” screamed the Miser angrily. “Why, I never touched the gold. I couldn’t think of spending any of it.”

The stranger picked up a large stone and threw it into the hole. “If that is the case,” he said, “cover up that stone. It is worth just as much to you as the treasure you lost!”

    Moral: Do not be like a miser who save for those who will bury him