The Poor Man's Wealth

The Poor Man's Wealth

Once upon a time, Ramchand and Premchand were neighbours in a little town. Ramchand was a poor farmer. He used to be very relaxed and happy, because he never bothered to close the doors and windows of his house at night. Although he had no money, he was peaceful. Meanwhile, Premchand was a landlord. He used to be very tense, because he was very keen to close the doors and windows of his house at night. He couldn't sleep well, and was always bothered that someone might break in and steal away his money.

One day, Premchand call Ramchand and gave him a boxful of cash saying, “Look my dear friend. I am blessed with plenty of wealth. I find you in poverty. So, take this cash and live in prosperity." 

Ramchand was overwhelmingly happy. He was joyful throughout the day. Night came. Ramchand went to bed as usual. But, to-day, he could not sleep. He went and closed the doors and windows. He still could not sleep. He began to keep on looking at the box of cash. The whole night he was disturbed. 

As soon as day broke, Ramchand took the box of cash to Premchand. He gave away the box to Premchand saying, “Dear Friend, I am poor. But, your money took away peace from me. Please bear with me and take back your money." 


Adapted from http://www.english-for-students.com/The-Poor.html

Analysis:

Orientation (at the first paragraph)
Tells us about:
  • Who are the participants of the story: Ramchand and Premchand
  • What the participants are like: Ramchand (poor but peaceful farmer) and Premchand (rich but very tense landlord)
  • Where is the story set on: a little town
  • When is the story set at: Once upon a time
Complication (the second and the third paragraph)
Tells us about the conflict from the start up to the climax.

  • Premchand giving Ramchand a box full of cash.
  • The box full of cash made Ramchand can't sleep.
  • Ramchand kept looking at the box of cash, and got disturbed the whole night.
Resolution (the last paragraph)
Tells us about how the conflict ended.
  • Ramchand took the box full of cash back to Premchand, where he finally found his peace back.
Moral of the story
  • Money can't buy you everything, such as happiness.
  • Happiness come from the simplest thing, you can be happy even if you only have the simplest stuffs out there, as long as you enjoy it.

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