The Miser
Aesop Fable: The Miser
A miser sold all that he had and bought a lump of gold,
which he buried in a hole in the ground by the side of an
old wall and went to look at daily.
One of his workmen
observed his frequent visits to the spot and decided to
watch his movements. He soon discovered the secret of
the hidden treasure, and digging down, came to the lump
of gold, and stole it.
The Miser, on his next visit, found the
hole empty and began to tear his hair and to make loud
lamentations.
A neighbor, seeing him overcome with grief
and learning the cause, said, "Pray do not grieve so; but go
and take a stone, and place it in the hole, and fancy that
the gold is still lying there. It will do you quite the same
service; for when the gold was there, you had it not, as you
did not make the slightest use of it."
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