This is a story about a heartless man. It was a dark and stormy night when someone came knocking on my door. I wondered who would be walking outside at a time like this. When I opened the door, there was a shaggy old man standing outside in the rain. He asked me “Can I stay here for the night”, disgusted by his appearance, I quickly said “No” and shut the door.
One hour later, there was another knock on the door. I angrily went to the door. If it was the shaggy old man that had come back again, I would slam the door in his face I thought. This time, however, there was a rich-looking man standing outside. He was dressed in a nice dark blue suit and had a fancy umbrella. I noticed that his pockets looked like they were filled with money. He asked me if he could stay with me for the night and I gladly accepted.
The next morning when I woke up, I was shocked to find that the rich man had left me his umbrella and stolen all my things. I was so devastated that I could not believe what had just happened.
When my neighbor passed by my house to visit me, he told me of the shaggy old man who had gone to his house asking for a place to spend the night. He accepted him and the next morning he paid him with twenty bars of gold. I promised never to be a heartless man.
Moral: Don’t judge a book by its cover.
