Once upon a time there was a miser1. He hid his gold under a tree. Every week he used to dig it up.
One night a robber2 stole all the gold. When the miser came again, he found nothing but an empty hole.
He was surprised, and then burst into tears.All the neighbors gathered around him.
He told them how he used to come and visit his gold.
"Did you ever take any of it out?" asked one of them. "No," he said, "I only came to look at it." "Then come again and look at the hole," said the neighbor, "it will be the same as looking at the gold."
從前，有個(gè)守財(cái)奴將他的金塊埋到一棵樹下，每周他都去把他挖出來看看。
一天晚上，一個(gè)小偷挖走了所有的金塊。 守財(cái)奴再來查看時(shí)，發(fā)現(xiàn)除了一個(gè)空洞什么都沒有了。
守財(cái)奴便捶胸痛哭?？蘼曇齺砹肃従?
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他告訴他們這里原來有他的金塊。
問明了原因后，一個(gè)鄰居問：“你使用過這些金塊嗎？” “沒用過，” 他說，“我只是時(shí)常來看看。”“那么，以后再來看這個(gè)洞，”鄰居說，“就像以前有金塊時(shí)一樣?！?
1 miser
n.守財(cái)奴，吝嗇鬼 (adj.miserly)
參考例句：
The miser doesn't like to part with his money.守財(cái)奴舍不得花他的錢。 The demon of greed ruined the miser's happiness.貪得無厭的惡習(xí)毀掉了那個(gè)守財(cái)奴的幸福。
2 robber
n.搶劫者，強(qiáng)盜，盜賊 中小學(xué)語文閱讀寫作培訓(xùn)課程推薦，<a http://www.zequeka.cn/minifOrm/type_1.html>中小學(xué)語文閱讀寫作培訓(xùn)</a>
參考例句：
The robber told the woman to come across with her purse.攔路搶劫者勒令那個(gè)女人把錢包交出來。 The robber tried to run away but a man tackled him.強(qiáng)盜企圖逃跑，但一個(gè)人把他抓住了
