The Russian boy Ivan fell heir to his father's small farm. He wanted more land. Once, a stranger came by, apparently a man of means and power, and offered to give him all the land he could walk around in one day, on condition that he would be back at the spot from which he started by sundown. Early the next morning the boy set out, without eating any breakfast or greeting anyone. His first plan was to make it nine, then twelve and finally fifteen. That ment he would have to walk 60 miles before sundown. By noon he had covered thirty miles. He did not stop for food or drink. His legs grew heavier and heavier. About 200 yards from the finish line , he saw the sun dropping forward the horizon. Onlu a few minutes left. He gathered all his energies for that one last effort. He staggered acriss the line, just in time. Then he reached for his heart and fell down in a heap-dea. All the leand he got was a piece six by two...He died of greed. This happens to thousands of people today....
don't let it happen to you.....
