The story of the old miner

Between 1949 and 1955, a man named Juan worked in the mines from morning until nightfall. In those years, gold fever had broken out, and many people, including Juan, were eager to find this valuable mineral. This man, although tired and exhausted after months of digging and mining on the outskirts of his town, felt tired, but at the same time happy and in a good mood, convinced that one day he would succeed in his search.

While Juan was at home taking a week off, he received some very good, if somewhat risky, news.

A friend sent him a message telling him there was an abandoned mine 150 km from his home, but that he should be careful and not do anything crazy to get there, as there were too many dangers. Without a second thought, Juan fled with what he had on hand. He estimated it would take at least seven days to get there due to his health and the difficulties he encountered along the way,

and he started running. He passed through a very dangerous place where there was a bridge made only of ropes and wooden planks, which wasn't in very good condition. Without a second thought, like a gold prospector, he ran across the bridge, breaking planks everywhere. Just as he was about to reach the other side, his foot got stuck in a crack between two planks.

Almost crying with sadness, thinking he was going to die, he managed to free himself and ran again, but as if the bridge didn't want him to reach his destination, it broke, and poor Juan was trapped just two meters from the other side. But at that precise moment, the friend who had warned him found him and helped him get out of danger. What happened was that this friend was already in the abandoned mine, and fearing that Juan wouldn't arrive safely, he ran to the road to find him and help him. Look how helpful he was! He helped him a lot until they reached their final destination.

Upon arriving at the site, after spending more time than necessary on the road, they began mining for gold, and, like a fairy tale, they obtained a large amount of gold valued at almost two million dollars. Imagine how happy they would have been. But it all ended at that precise moment. It wasn't a fairy tale; it was a risky adventure, and like all adventures of this kind, it ends badly.

The mine collapsed due to deterioration over the years, burying Juan and his friend several meters deep. After three days of digging without water, food, and almost no oxygen, they managed to reach the surface, leaving almost everything they had obtained beneath the mine. Sad, but with a secret, Juan and his friend returned home. Upon arriving, after eight days of walking, they began to cry in discouragement. But Juan revealed the secret: he had a piece of gold in his pocket, which was very heavy. After all, the journey had not been in vain.

And so this story ends.

A story that teaches us that abarisia breaks the sack. The story of Juan and his friend is very beautiful, but they would have gotten more gold if they hadn't been so greedy and had only taken a little to have a better life. A great story.

Friends, I hope you liked this story. I put a lot of effort into it.

I uploaded a photo to this post for the cover. I hope it works later. It's just that lately I've been getting errors when uploading photos, and sometimes I don't see them in my friends' posts. This photo was taken from Pixabay.

This post has been translated from Spanish to English using Google Translate (https://translate.google.com)