“Goldfinger”
One day, an old man met an old friend who had died and become a spirit. After hearing that his friend had no money, the spirit pointed his finger at a brick which was lying in the road. The brick immediately changed into a large piece of gold. He gave this to the old man.
The old man wasn`t very happy with this, so the spirit pointed his finger at a lion that could see in a nearby forest. The lion immediately changed into a piece of gold.
The spirit gave this other piece of gold to the man – but he still wasn`t happy. The spirit was confused.
“I don`t understand,” he said. “I gave you a piece of gold, and you weren`t happy. So i gave you a bigger piece of gold, and you still weren`t happy. If you don`t want gold, then what do you want?”
“your finger, “ replied the old man.
(adapted from a Chinese fable)
