[守财奴]守财奴是什么生肖
时间：2018-12-28 03:24:37 来源：柠檬阅读网 本文已影响 人 
The Miser There was once a rich man who sold all his property. He made a great deal of money, for he had many valuable things to sell, but instead of spending it or putting it safely in the bank he bought great lump of gold and buried it deep in the ground.
Every day he went secretly to the hiding place, dug down a little way to make sure the gold was safe and then carefully covered it all up again.
One day a man who worked in the garden happened to see him digging from behind the tree. "That is very strange behavior for a rich man," he said to himself. "He"s not digging for potatoes, which is certain."
The next day the gardener saw him again.
"It can only be treasure that is hidden there," he thought. "And hidden treasure is there for the finder."
As soon as it was dark the gardener took his spade and dug up the gold.
The next day the rich man came as usual to inspect his gold but the hole was empty -- all his wealth was gone forever. As he sat moaning by the empty hole, a neighbor came by and asked what had happened .
"I would not worry a minute longer about it," he said as soon as the man told him what was wrong. "Here, take this stone. Bury it carefully in the same place and pretend that it is your lump of gold. As you never intended to do anything with the gold anyway, a stone will do you just as much good."
Don"t value money for its own sake, but for what you can do with it.
从前有一个财主，他把所有的财产都卖了。因为他的财产很多，也很值钱，他得了一大笔钱。可这笔钱他没花，也没有稳妥地存在银行里，而是换成了一大块金子，然后他把金子深深地埋在地里。
每天，他都悄悄地到藏金子的地方，稍微挖开一点儿土，看金子还在，然后再仔细地把土盖好。
有一天，一个在园子里干活的花匠碰巧在树后面看见了正忙着挖坑的财主。他想：“真奇怪，财主在挖什么呢?他肯定不是在挖土豆。”
第二天，那个花匠又在那里看见了财主在挖东西。
“那儿藏的准是金银财宝，”他想，“谁发现这个宝藏，它就该属于谁。”
于是，天一黑，花匠就用铁锹把金子挖走了。
第二天，财主像往常一样来看他的金子，可洞里空空的，他的金子不见了。于是他坐在空空的洞旁哭泣，一位邻居正好从这里经过，问他出了什么事。
财主把事情告诉了他，邻居马上说：“要是我，我才不会为这事儿发愁呢。喏，拿着这块石头，把它小心地埋到坑里，就当它是那块金子吧。既然你从来没打算用那块金子干点什么，那么对你来说一块石头和一块金子又有什么两样呢?”
金钱的价值不在其本身，而在于你能用它做什么。
