(Pot of Gold that the old man found. Source)
- A poor old man's wife dies. He asks people to help bury her but no one wants to help. Not even the pope
- He tells the pope he'll pay him back with interest but pope still doesn't want to help
- What if the pope accepted the offer?
- Old man goes to dig the grave by himself
- While digging the grave he finds a pot full of gold
- What if the pope put the pot there on purpose?
- Used the money to hire people to help dig the grave and bury his wife
- After the funeral, pope gets curious on how the old man suddenly had money. Old man told him and that made the pope devise a plan with his wife to get the gold from the old man
- The pope killed and skinned a goat, wearing the goat's skin as a mask. Then the pope went to the old man's house, acted like the Devil, and told the old man he planted the gold there and was only supposed to take a little to help pay for the funeral
- When the pope got home with the money, he tried to remove the goat skin but it was fused with his body as punishment from God
Possible plot twist:
What if the pope is good and accepted the offer, old man got his wife buried, pope puts pot of gold near old man to find on purpose, old man finds it, pope asks old man if he has the money yet, old man lies and says no, then karma comes back on the old man
Note: Add some dialogue
Bibliography
The Treasure by W.R.S. Ralston
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