SHORT STORY: MINE IS NOT SHINING

 

 

    SHORT STORY: MINE IS NOT SHINING

Once upon a time, there was a rich man who lived in Akamahoro village. He was about 50 years old, and he had one wife and four children. He lived with his family in a normal house, which wasn’t luxurious; his job was cultivation.

This man was not interested in buying expensive things just to show that he was rich. Apart from that, he used to help poor people by paying school fees for their children and even paying for medical insurance for those who were in need. He and his wife were always ready to help others rather than enrich themselves or enjoy their lives by living in luxury houses, wearing new fashions, and other things that demonstrate someone to be rich. These characteristics of being humble and helping others, rather than striving to show how rich he was, made the village inhabitants excited by his heroic deeds.

 Other bosses used to laugh at him by saying, “What an idiot man! He’s always throwing his money to dogs!” They wondered why he was doing that, in spite of fighting for personal development. By the end, these rich men decided to marginalize him from their group because he didn’t mingle with them on their habitual celebration days, where they invited each other for enjoyment. Therefore, he wasn’t aware of their actions, and he continued his activities without caring about how they abused him, such as insulting him for not joining them.