THE BEGGAR'S GOLD COIN.

THE BEGGAR’S GOLD COIN

There once was an old beggar, living in an old broken temple. He had no one and he lived by begging in the streets. His daily spot was in front of the big temple in the middle of the village; a cool spot, under some big trees. He could see people from all walks of life coming to the temple to give offerings and prayers.

The rich had maids to carry big baskets of fruits, lots of paper money, joss sticks and red candles. Others came with just their children. Some grandmothers even came with baskets of chickens and ducks.

His only friend was a young man called Ah Kam. One day while digging around the old temple looking for something worth while to sell, he found gold coins, lots and lots of them. He was so happy, all he did was toss them around and laugh, saying, ‘I’m rich, I’m rich!’

When his friend Ah Kam, came to see him, he asked him to swear not to tell anyone about this finding. The beggar then told Ah Kam, ‘Let’s go for a meal fit for a king.’

While waiting for their food, the beggar looked around him and whispered, ‘Everyone knows about my gold, I have to go back and rebury it. I’m not eating.’ Without another word he ran back to the temple to bury his gold.

Ah Kam brought back some food for him, but he refused to eat, saying, ‘I’m sure someone knows about this gold, I’ll count it again.’

This went on for weeks, the beggar counting his coins, burying them, digging them up again, burying them in different holes, not eating, not sleeping till he became sick with worry and was very miserable.

The Goddess took pity on him, one night, while he slept; she took away his memory and left just one piece of gold coin. Next morning, he went to dig and found this gold coin.

He was so happy he called Ah Kam to celebrate his good fortune with him, but his friend told him, ‘Don’t you think you should keep this for a rainy day, and not spend this all today?

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