The Thief

 
 
There was a man who was coming back to his
village after making a lot of money. It was a
three or four day journey. While he was walking,
he was joined by a thief who looked at
the well dressed man carrying a big bag and
asked, "Where are you going?" The man said,
"I'm going to my village," The thief said, "Oh,
I'm going there, too. Can we travel together?
It will cut the time down." "Okay," Then
the thief asked the guy, "What do you do?"
He said, "Well, I left my village a few years
ago and went to town. I earned a lot of
money, and now I'm taking it all home." The
thief said to himself, "Thank you, I'm going to
be rich. I'm going to steal this guy's money."
 
That night, they checked into a small inn
where they each had a room, The thief said
to the man, "Are you going to come down for
dinner?" "Yes, I am," And so, the thief waited
until the man went downstairs, and then he
 went into the man's room and searched for
the money. But he didn't find any. He was
puzzled, so he went downstairs, ate and
pretended everything was okay. The next
morning, they started off again and the thief
asked again, "So, did you really go to town
and earn a lot of money?" And the man
said, "Yes, I did," The thief said, "Oh, is that
really true?" "Oh, definitely true."
 
So, that night, again, they stayed in another
inn and the same thing happened. The man
went down for dinner, the thief went into the
man's room and searched but couldn't find
anything. By this time, the thief was really
puzzled. The next morning, they got up and
as they were going to be in the village shortly
the thief said, "! am very puzzled. I have
asked you tree or four tirnes whether or not
you have money, I must tell you I am a thief,
but you have truly puzzled me. Every night,
you want for dinner, I searched your room
 and I did not find any money. I'm not going
 to steal from you now, but I'm puzzled. Do
you have money or not?" The man said, "Of
course, I have money," and he opened his
bag and showed it. The thief said, "Where did
you hide it?" So, the man said, "Every night
before I went to dinner, I took the money and
hid it under your pillow. t knew from the first
day you were a thief and after my money. I
knew that you were going to look in my room,
but I also knew that you would never look in
your room under your pillow."

(anonymous)