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EEEES=':SS54~--- L, , , , PASSAGE - 2, , . A miser, to make sure of his property, sold all that he had and converted it into, | a huge lump of gold. Then he dug a deep hole in his garden and hid this lump in the, , | hole. Every day, he visited this hole and inspected the gold. This act of his aroused the, Curiosity of some workmen, who were working in the garden of a house nearby. They, | kept aE eye on the miser, suspecting that there was some treasure hidden in the hole., | One night, when the miser was fast asleep, they stole into the garden and carried away, | the gold., The next morning, when the miser went to have a look at his gold, he found the, | place empty and realized that the gold had been stolen. He wept loudly and tore at his, hair. A neighbour who saw his grief and learned the reason for it, remarked, “Why do, | you cry? Take a large stone and put it in the same place. Think it is your lump of gold,, | for, as you never meant to use it anyway, the stone is as good as the gold.”, , , , Ans. The Miser and his Gold, , ‘A miser converted his property into a lump of gold which he hid in a hole in his, garden. He inspected the gold every day. Some workmen noticed this and one night, they, stole the gold. The miser, on discovering the theft, wept loudly. A neighbour remarked, that he could now keep a stone in place of the gold and look at it every day, for he never, nad any intention of using the gold anyway.