A poor boy

A poor boy

Once there was a dog whose best friend in the town was a poor boy.
He and the dog lived together and shared almost everyting they had.
One day the poor boy said, "It's time to sing songs before people in the downtown for saving money."
"Sure." said the dog.
"I am not good at singing, but I can dance. let's go and see if we can do what we want."
The two friends went looking for a decent area.
They found many people and they can sing and dance.
After the performance they found a piece of gold gleamed in the small box which is for saving money.
"Ah" cried the boy. " This is what we really need. it will be our money for changing food. "
"But our house is not safe enough to keep such a high-pirced stuff." said the dog.
"Where shall we hide it?"
"I know," said the boy. " Let's put it in the hollow tree beside the house."
So they put the gold there.
As the day passed, the poor boy kept thinking about the gold.
"how I wish I could sell shiny gold now." said the poor boy to himself.
So he went straight to the hollow tree where they hid the gold.
He took out the small box, opend and grabbed the gold. Then he put the box back and went home.
"Now I can have sweets I've been always wanted." He smiled.
After that day, he bought lots of candies and chocholate which he has not even tasted.
Then he ate them all alone.
At last winter came and the dog and the poor boy had no food left.
" We should fetch the small box of the gold we hid in the hollow tree." said the dog.
But when the he pulled it out he saw that the box was empty.
" What happened? who stole our gold? " said the dog.
The poor boy didn't say anything.
" I have a bar of chocolate in my bag. I have kept this for a year. Now that we lost our gold, let's share my chocolate." said the dog.
The boy was surprised that the dog wanted to share his.
" I am sorry. I stole the gold. and sold it for sweets." cired the boy."
" I understand you. Don't worry. " answered the dog.
What do you think about the dog? and a poor boy?

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