The Stolen Bag
Once a man was walking forlornly down the dusty road with a large bag over his shoulder. A traveler fell into step beside him and they started talking. After some time the traveler could see that the man was deeply troubled. “You appear very miserable,” said the traveler, “what is the cause of your misery?” The man then proceeded to tell the traveler the long and involved story of how he had lost an immense fortune due to bad luck and bad management. Finishing his tale of woe the man stopped and took his bag off his shoulder. “See this bag?” he said despondently, “Now all my possessions in the world are in this bag.”
At that the traveler snatched the bag from him and ran off! “Hey!” called the man and began running after him. But the traveler was fleet of foot and was out of sight with no hope of the man catching up to him. Puffing and cursing and angry the man continued on his journey. Around a bend in the road the man could see an object on the road, coming closer he could see it was his bag. Now the man was as happy as could be he had his bag back and was thankful for what little he had.
