2025-03-31 2025-03-31
Greedy Husband
There once was a man who had worked all of his life and had saved all his money and was a real miser. He loved money more than just about anything. One day, he said to his wife, "When I die, I want you to take all my money and put it in the casket with me, because I want to take my money into the afterlife." He forced her to promise with all her heart that she'd obey his wish and put all their money in the casket with him. Well, soon after he died. His wife sat in the church during the funeral next to her best friend. When the ceremony was finished, just before the undertakers got ready to close the casket, the widow said, "Wait just a minute!" and she placed a small box she had with her in her husband's lifeless hands. Read next feature >
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