An old man died and left his son a lot of money . But the son is a foolish young man.
He quickly spent all the money, so that soon he had nothing left . Of course , when that happened, all his friends went away from him. When he was quite poor and alone. He went to see Tom. Tom is a kind, clever old man and often helps people when they have trouble.
"My money has finished and my friends have gone ,"said the young man ,"What should I do now?"
"Don't panic（惊慌失措）, young man," answered Tom, "Everything will soon be all right again. Wait, and you will soon feel much happier."
The young man was very happy. "Am I going to get rich again then? "
"I meant that you would soon get used to being poor and to having no friends." said the old man.
