the cobbler and a banker story
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Once upon a time there lived a cobbler and a banker. The first was as poor as the second was rich. Their natures were also opposite, for the cobbler was a happy man, whereas the banker most of all was that at night he tossed and turned, while the cobbler slept peacefully and always awoke rested and full of energy.
One day the banker could stand it no longer. He decided to find out why the cobbler was such a happy man. So he summoned the cobbler to his house.
"How much do you earn a year?" asked the banker, who believed that happiness could be measured only in terms of wealth.
" Oh, Your excellency" answered the cobbler. "I don't could too well, nor do i really care. I live each day as it comes and never worry about the next."
"Well, then, jsut tell me how much you earn in one day?"insisted the rich man.
"How much do i earn, Excellency? I earn what I need. And even that would be too much were it not for all the Sundays and Holidays when i must close my shop."
The banker liked the cobbler. He wished to thank him for coming to his house, so he presented the poor man with a bag of 100 gold coins.
To the cobbler these coins, which meant so little to the banker, seemed a great fortune, He decided to hide the bad, so that he would have the money if ever he should need it. When he returned to his small house in the outskirts of the town, he dug a big hole in a secluded corner of the garden, threw the bag into it, and covered it with dirt.
"Now," he thought, " I will bever be in want, and will always have more money than i need."
But from the day on the cobbler's life changed. He began to worry about the safety of his money. Every night he slept little less, and everytime he heard the slightest sound, he was certain that thieves were stealing his coins.
Finally, he could bear his unhappiness no longer. He went to the garden, dug up the coins, and returned them to the banker.
"Take back your coins," he said, "and i will be peaceful once again."
The cobber had learned an important lesson, and so had the banker.