[영어 동화] 구두쇠와 그의 금

[영어 동화] 구두쇠와 그의 금

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재미 있는 동화를 들으며 영어를 공부해 봅시다. 

A Miser had buried his gold in a secret place in his garden. Every day he went to the spot, dug up the treasure and counted it piece by piece to make sure it was all there. 

When the Miser discovered his loss, he was overcome with grief and despair. He groaned and cried and tore his hair. 

He made so many trips that a thief, who had been observing him, guessed what it was the Miser had hidden, and one night quietly dug up the treasure and made off with it.

"My gold! O my gold!" cried the Miser, wildly, "someone has robbed me!"

A passerby heard his cries and asked what had happened.

"Your gold! There in that hole? Why did you put it there? Why did you not keep it in the house where you could easily get it when you had to buy things?"

"Buy!" screamed the Miser angrily. "Why, I never touched the gold. I couldn't think of spending any of it."

The stranger picked up a large stone and threw it into the hole.

"If that is the case," he said, "cover up that stone. It is worth just as much to you as the treasure you lost!"

A possession is worth no more than the use we make of it.