A miser sold all that he had and bought a fist-sized lump of gold, which he buried in a hole in the ground by the side of an old wall and went to look at it daily. One of his workmen observed his frequent visits to the spot and decided to watch his movements. He soon discovered the secret of the miser’s hidden treasure, and digging down, came to the precious lump, and stole it quickly. The Miser, on his next visit, found the hole empty and began to tear his hair and make very loud lamentations, cursing the fates for his lot. A neighbor of very modest means, but of major wit, seeing his grief and learning the cause, said, "Pray, do not grieve so; but go and take a stone, and place it in the hole, and fancy that your gold is still lying there. It will do you quite the same service; for, when the gold was there, you treated it like a stone, and now, a stone is what it is." 10. Summarize the fable in one sentence.

11. Give this story a title based on what you can infer is the main idea.
12. What can you infer is the moral lesson of this story?

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