The Miser and the Gold

There was once a miser who was so cheap, he would walk to the airport.

He did this to save the bus fare and then complained about his shoes.

He saw every spent penny as a tragedy and bought only the cheapest toothpaste.

To protect his wealth, he buried all his gold coins under rocks in

his garden. Every night, he would sneak out, dig them up,

and count them. He lived by a simple philosophy: I am leaving everything to my

wife when I die. But the only catch is she has to die

first. One night, a local thief with much better balance noticed the