One Friday, before midday, an old woman left her home in which she lives alone after her husband passed away two years ago, she did not have children with him, she was heading to the store, This is not the only one in her neighborhood,There is another one nearer to her house, but she prefers to go further because the doctor advised her to walk She suffers from arthritis, so he took advantage of this opportunity to practice sports, after arriving at the store, she entered and brought a carton of milk and then returned from where she came to go home, but before her arrival, two young men intercepted her way, from their features it did not seem that they wanted good, the old woman felt that she was in danger But she did not want to show signs of weakness and fear, so she said:
Hello guys, you two get in my way, go away.
One of them replied:
"Listen, old woman, give us your money, and we will not hurt you."
The old woman: I don't have money, boy, but aren't you ashamed of running into a woman of your grandmother's age?
(We will call them Thief 1 and 2 to facilitate the dialogue)
Thief 1: I don't care about your age, give me what you have before I hurt you.
The old woman did not actually have any money, she brought with her nothing but the price of milk.
Thief 2: Let's search her
Thief 1: Okay. Hmm, she seems to really have nothing.
The old woman was very upset of the behavior of the two boys and how they searched her, at that moment she had an idea that would make her take revenge on them.
When they were leaving, the old woman called them.
The old woman: Hey boys, come back here.
Thief 1: What do you want, old woman, you have no money. Come on, get out of here.
The old woman: Come on, it's about the money, you look like two nice guys, I'll help you both.
Thief 1: Okay, give the money
The old woman: I do not have money, but I know where u can find it. My husband was searching for treasures and he found that treasure two years ago, but he died before he could dig it.
Thief 1: Are you kidding us.
The old woman: what will i benefits from joking with you son, I am in the last days of my life, and I prefer that someone benefit from that treasure rather than lose it, but before I show you his treasure, you have to promised me not to steal anyone again.
Each of them looked at the other with amazement
Thief 1: What do you think, my friend?
Thief 2: she look honest to me, it's worth a try.
Thief 1: Well, we agree.
The old woman: Well, come home with me, let's get the drilling equipment first.
They went to her house, she put the milk in the refrigerator, and went with the thieves to the forest behind her house, the place is about 300 meters away, upon reaching the desired place, the old woman stopped.
The old woman: Come on, right here, you see this little rock, it's under it, about 8 meters deep.
Thief 1: 8 meters? This is a lot, and how do you know the depth exactly?
The old woman: My husband had a special instrument that determined the depth of the buried treasures.
Thief 1: You're not fooling us, right?
Thief 2: What shall we do?
Thief 1: We'll dig, we don't have a choice
The old woman: I will go home to prepare food for all of us. What do you think?
Thief 1: don’t go snitch to the police.
The old woman: Don't worry.
The old woman left to the house to actually prepare the lunch. After two hours, the two thieves came to the house exhausted, after digging two meters.
Thief 1: Where are you old woman?
The old woman: Come to the kitchen to have lunch, clean yourself up.
The two thieves ate quickly and rested for an hour. After that, they returned to dig, continuing to dig until sunset.
At sunset they returned to the old woman's house and found her preparing dinner.
Thief 2: Ah, it smells delicious.
The old woman: You both returned, are you finished?
Thief 1: We dug 6 meters, there are two meters left, which we will complete in the morning, for whom do you know what will happen if we do not find the treasure after all this fatigue?
The old woman: The treasure exists, I am sure.
Thief 1: Well, I hope so. We will sleep here tonight ,we will get up early to dig.
The old woman: Well, when you get up, go ahead and i will follow when i make breakfast and bring there with me, so we can eat and celebrate finding the treasure.
Thief 2: Sounds like a good plan, please get us banana juice
The old woman: I am pleased.
And this is what happened in the morning, the thief got up and found the old woman awake to make breakfast, so the thieves went eager to complete the digging ,after a full hour had passed. The old woman presented with a basket of food in her hand.
The old woman: Are you going to eat now or after finding the treasure?
Thief 2: I am so hungry. Can we eat now?
Thief 1: Okay.
The old woman: Here is the juice you asked for. Come on, eat
Thief 1:what about? Come to eat with us
Old woman: i ate a little at home, enjoy the meal.
Immediately after they finished breakfast they comeback to work, thief 2 went down to dig and thief 1 stayed up to raise the dirt at the bottom, after 5 minutes had passed they fainted, do you know what happened? The clever old woman put narcotic pills in the juice, after that she dragged thief 1 and threw him into the hole with the second thief, after ten minutes they woke up together and was surprised that they were below the hole and their bodies were bruised, because the first thief fell over the second thief. After a short while, The old woman looked over them, saying.
The old woman: Hello dear sons
Thief 1: What did you do old woman, you deceived us, what if i died from the fall?
The old woman: I did not deceive you, I was telling the truth.
Thief 1: Do you mean that the treasure exists? So why did you do what you did? (He means drugging them and throwing them into the hole)
The old woman: Yes, there is the treasure at the bottom, but it is not the treasure that you think. This treasure is your life, what would you rather die there of starvation and bury you, or help you out and lead an honorable life?
Thief 2: Hey, I want to go home, I don't want to die, no, no, no, no .....
Thief 1: Shut up stupid, let me think.
The old woman: You two are still young, you have a life to live, do not waste it in recklessness and assault on people.
The two thieves felt weak and insulted, deceived by an old woman, they no longer care about the treasure now, all they want is to get out alive from this hole
The old woman: What do you think? I will drive you out, but you have to promise me not to steal again and work hard and earn your day’s sustenance by working hard and honest, not stealing, and to respect those who are bigger and younger than you, and always remember: the strong there is always someone stronger than him and the smart there is always someone who is smarter than him.
Thief 2: Okay we promise you,just help us to get out of here
Thief 1: I also promise you, we apologize, we have learned the lesson, we will not repeat it again.
The old woman tied the rope to a tree and threw it to them, and after that they went up and left directly on there saying any word, they was desperate, but before they moved away the old woman called them.
The old woman: Wait
Thief 1: What next?
The old woman: Come near, I want to tell you something.
The two thieves approached the old woman who was near the pit, and they were wary of her
The old woman: Have you reached a depth of 8 meters?
Thief 1: No, not yet, but does that matter? You said there was no treasure.
The old woman: Complete the digging, there is a treasure, i was just testing you never lie, not at this age, I wanted to make sure of your eligibility to get the treasure, it seems that you have already learned the lesson and will follow the right paths now, so come, let one of you go down to complete the dig, you are not drugged now ,so that I can't hurt you both.
Thief 2 went down to the hole, and thief 1 stated up,They had not much left, only a few centimeters, after a few minutes, Thief 2 shouted from the bottom of the hole saying)
Thief 2: I found him, I found him, see.
Thief 1 looked down and found him carrying a small box and looked at the old woman surprisingly, saying in his heart, "She was telling the truth, that’s really impressive." But he asks, "She could have got the treasure for herself, but she decided to give it to us, why?" thief 2 ascended from the pit with the box in his hand, they kept looking with amazement at the old woman, their feelings mixed between sadness, happiness and gratitude, because the old woman whom Manu intended to harm her opened a door for them to live a new life.
The old woman: Come on, you can go now, keep your promise, my son, sorry for throwing you into the pit. I had to.
Thief 1: Rather, we are very sorry. We will not forget you. , all our lives whenever we knocked a door that was blocked in our face, so we turned to theft, but we will try to expiate our sins from now on and help others so that they do not have to steal.
Thief 2: Thank you, Grandma.
They kissed the old woman's hand and thanked her, and they set out carrying the jewelry box on their new journey with the two treasures, the first ,their new life, and the second, the jewelry box.
end of story.
I hope you enjoyed it.