The Mir
守財奴
A mir, to make sure of his property, sold all that he had and verted it into a great lump of gold, whibsp;he hid in a hole in the ground, and went tinually to visit and i it. This roud the curiosity of one of his workmen, who, suspeg that there was a treasure, when his master''s back was turned, went to the spot, and stole it away.
When the mir returned and found the plabsp;empty, he wept and tore his hair. But a neighbour who saw him in this extravagant grief, and learned the bsp;of it, said, “Fret yourlf no longer, but take a stone and put it in the same plabsp;and think that it is your lump of gold; for, as you never meant to u it, the one will do you as much good as the other.”
一個守財奴，為了確保自己的財產不貶值，便把所有東西都變賣了，換成一大塊金子。他把金子藏在地洞裏，並且經常到那裏去查看。他的行為引起了一個幫工的好奇；他猜想那裏必定有寶藏，所以當他主人不在時，便跑到地洞裏，把金子偷走了。
守財奴回來後發現洞裏空無一物，急得捶胸痛哭。一個鄰居看見他那傷心欲絕的樣子，問明原因後說：“別傷心了，拿塊石頭放在原處，當作是你那塊金子就行了。既然你從不打算用它，那麼，石頭和金塊對你來說不都是一樣嘛。”