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THE MISER AND THE THIEF #Inspirational Moral Stories
A miser’s
biggest fear was of being robbed. He felt that his money would not
be safe,
so he exchanged his entire wealth for a bar of gold. He selected a
place in
his garden, dug a deep hole at night and buried the bar there,
covering
it properly with soil.
He kept
checking from time to time, to make sure that it was safe. But, one
morning,
he found that the hole was dug up and the bar was missing! And, he
cried
and cried. A friend tried to give him solace, saying: ‘Of what use was
that
gold to you when it was lying deep inside the ground? If you bury a
stone
instead, it will be the same for you. For, what is the use of having
something
if you cannot enjoy it?’
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