Unused Riches Are Useless

Once upon a time, there lived a miser, who was rich. He worked as the staff of the government in their village. The staff was a high position of the villager and because of his job; this miser had a high salary. In other hand, this miser also had some of the side jobs. The side jobs became the other income to support the salary from the main job. However, he was famous as the miser and he did not want even help his neighbor.

He liked to keep his rich. As the saying of the older people, saving the rich with the gold shape would be useful for the future because the price of the gold was always being higher and higher. So, this miser decided to buy the gold as much as he could with his salary. Then, he saved the gold by making the pit behind his house.

Every day, he checked the condition of the gold. He opened the pit and saw the gold, as his collection. Sometimes, he felt happy because he had a gold to get the brighter life in his future. However, sometimes he also felt sad because he only had a little gold and he wanted to add the collection.

One day, a man kept on eye all he did. The man tried to know the spot of the miser hiding the gold behind his home. After knowing the spot of the hidden gold, the friend went home and made a planning.

It was a nice afternoon, when the miser went out from his home. It was the time, when we wanted to go to the city in order to buy some other gold. He smiled because he imagined that he would have a new collection. However, he did not know that his friend was near his house when he went.

After the miser went out from his home, this man of him did what becoming his planning. He went to the pit of the gold behind the home and tried to open it using some equipment. After trying some times, finally he could open it. In short, he got what he wanted: the gold, as the collection of the miser.

He took the gold and then went out from the house.

In the night, the miser came back from the city. Directly, he went to the pit to save his new gold as the collection. However, he shocked when knowing that someone opened his pit. He ran to see the latest condition and he lost his power when knowing that his gold was gone. He shouted.

"My gold, oh my gold" The miser said “Help! Someone steals my gold!” 

Directly, some of his neighbor came to see what happen. Then, one of them said “Your gold! There in that pit? 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? why, I never touched the gold, I couldn't think of spend it!"

His neighbor picked up a large stone and threw into the put.

"If that is the case." He said "Cover up with stone. you have much money and riches but you lay it on pit. It is useless. Maybe, now, your riches are useful for someone else”

Reference :

https://dongengceritarakyat.com/cerita-dongeng-dalam-bahasa-inggris-dan-terjemahannya/

And part of the story I added from a different reference.
https://fablesofaesop.com/the-miser-and-his-gold.html

DIRECT SENTENCE
"My gold, oh my gold" 

“Help! Someone steals my gold!” 

“Your gold! There in that pit? 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? why, I never touched the gold, I couldn't think of spend it!"

 "Cover up with stone. you have much money and riches but you lay it on pit. It is useless. Maybe, now, your riches are useful for someone else”.