A Moral Fable

A miser went to count
The piles of money he had
Whereupon his waistcoat caught fire
And the fire was quite bad.

Through a window, his neighbors saw him
Said husband to his wife
"What good will Old Jed's money do now?
At the end of his miserable life."

Meanwhile, Jed used dollar bills and gold pieces
To smother the raging flame
And had the neighbor and his wife
Horsewhipped