Paul was a very rich man, but he never spent any of his money. He was afraid that someone would ________ it. So he wore dirty old clothes to ________ his richness. People laughed at him, ________ he didn’t care. He only cared about his money.

One day, he bought a big piece of gold. He hid it in a ________ by a tree. Every night, he went to the hole to look at his gold. He sat and thought, “No one will ever find my gold!”

But a thief(贼) saw everything. One day, when Paul went home, the thief ________ the piece of gold and ran away.

The next day, Paul went to look at his gold, but it wasn’t there! This made him sad. He cried ________ loudly that a wise old man heard him from far away. He came to help. Paul told him everything. “Don’t worry,” he said. “Get a big ________ and put it in the hole by the tree.”

“What?” said Paul. “________?”

“What did you do with your gold?” the old man asked.

“I sat and looked at it every day.” Paul said.

“Exactly,” the old man said. “If you don’t use it, you can do the ________ thing with a stone.”

Paul listened, thought for a moment and then said, “Yes, you’re right. How foolish(傻的) I am. So I don’t need a piece of gold to be ________!”