{"id":1199,"date":"2024-09-18T20:09:37","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T20:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifementorb.de\/?p=1199"},"modified":"2024-09-24T11:32:20","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T11:32:20","slug":"2-man-buys-abandoned-farm-for-last-1k-dollars-fall-on-his-head-as-he-checks-attic-story-of-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifementorb.de\/?p=1199","title":{"rendered":"2 \/ Man Buys Abandoned Farm for Last $1K, Dollars Fall on His Head as He Checks Attic \u2014 Story of the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Sebastian did not mind not having his sons around because his work kept him occupied all day.He would wake up early to exercise and have breakfast before leaving for work. Then, he would return home tired, have dinner, and sleep immediately. The elderly man stuck to his routine and kept himself busy on the farm, leaving him with no time to think about other things. One day, Sebastian was on the farm when he suddenly felt dizzy. He lost his balance after his vision blacked out, making him fall to the ground. Luckily, his neighbor was passing by and quickly came to help him.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>\u201cHey, Sebastian! Are you okay?\u201d the neighbor asked in a shaky voice, but Sebastian did not respond. A few minutes later, Sebastian opened his eyes and found himself inside his neighbor\u2019s house. He looked around but couldn\u2019t recall what had happened on the farm. \u201cWhy am I here?\u201d Sebastian asked his neighbor.\u201dYou fainted, Sebastian. Don\u2019t you remember?\u201d the neighbor asked. \u201cI fainted?\u201d Sebastian frowned. \u201cI can\u2019t recall anything.\u201d That day, the elderly man decided to visit the doctor because he had been feeling dizzy over the past few days. He thought he might have fainted because of over-exertion, but the doctor told him something unexpected after running a few tests. \u201cI\u2019m sorry, but you don\u2019t have much time left, Mr. Sebastian,\u201d the doctor said. \u201cYour reports indicate your cancer has progressed to a point where it cannot be treated. I suggest you spend these last few weeks with your family.\u201d The following day, Sebastian passed away with none of his sons by his side. It turned out that Sebastian had been ignoring the symptoms of cancer for months, and now the doctors couldn\u2019t do anything to reverse the damage. However, Sebastian wasn\u2019t worried about his health. He only thought about his farm. \u201cWho would take care of it once I die? I must inform the boys about my condition,\u201d Sebastian thought while reaching for his phone. He called his sons individually and told them he had little time left.As expected, none of his sons stopped him from working on the farm. They told him they felt sad but didn\u2019t visit or help him with work. Ultimately, Sebastian had to work on his farm till his body gave up and forced him to stay home. \u201cDad, we have hired a nurse for you,\u201d James said after learning that his father was bedridden. \u201cWe can\u2019t visit you, but she will help you with everything.\u201d \u201cYou don\u2019t have to spend money on me, son,\u201d Sebastian replied weakly. \u201cI will leave this world sooner or later.\u201d \u201cNo, Dad,\u201d James said. \u201cPlease don\u2019t say that.\u201d \u201cSave some money for your future, James,\u201d Sebastian replied. \u201cWhy don\u2019t you and your brothers visit me one by one instead of hiring a nurse?\u201d\u201dDad, you know we\u2019re all busy with our wives and kids,\u201d James told his father. \u201cWe can\u2019t visit you.\u201d Sebastian felt sad when his sons refused to visit him. He wanted to see them one last time before he died, but it seemed impossible. None of his three sons were interested in meeting him.A few weeks later, Sebastian called his sons and told them about his will. He felt extremely unwell that day, making him think about his farm and his sons. \u201cPlease take care of my farm,\u201d he told his sons. \u201cMy grandfather built it with his own hands, and my father also worked on it tirelessly. Sons, this fertile land will bring you lots of money if you look after it and work hard.\u201dThe following day, Sebastian passed away with none of his sons by his side. He felt lonely during the last moments of his life, but none of his sons cared about that. James, Fred, and Kyle arranged a small funeral for their father and buried him in the graveyard near the farm. While Sebastian expected his sons would take care of his farm, the three men never returned to their father\u2019s house. They didn\u2019t care about the farm or work on it because they were too busy living their lives with their families.A few months later, James received a call from a lawyer, informing them that Sebastian had taken a loan for fertilizers and livestock feed, and now the brothers had to pay the debt.\u201dBut we don\u2019t have any money!\u201d James protested. \u201cDad never told us about this debt.\u201d Later that day, James met his brothers and told them about the phone call, and they soon came up with a solution. \u201cI think we should sell the farm and use the money to pay the debt,\u201d Kyle suggested. The next day, the brothers visited the farm but were disappointed after looking at its condition. \u201cWho\u2019s going to buy this? The farm is destroyed, and this house is so shabby!\u201d Fred said. \u201cDo you guys think we can sell this?\u201d \u201cDo we have a choice?\u201d James asked. \u201cWe don\u2019t!\u201d The brothers put their late father\u2019s farm on sale, but no one wanted to buy it. Everyone could tell it was abandoned and thought the price the brothers were asking was too much. \u201cShould we edit the photos and make the house look better?\u201d Kyle asked his brothers. \u201cWe can advertise in the newspaper and lower the price.\u201d \u201cYou\u2019re right, Kyle,\u201d Fred said. \u201cThat\u2019s the only way we can get rid of this farm.\u201dA few days after the brothers published an ad in the newspaper with edited photos of the farm, they received a call from a stranger interested in buying it. \u201cBut why is it so cheap?\u201d the potential buyer, Harry, asked. \u201cI am selling this farm because I have to move to another town for work,\u201d James lied. \u201cI need to sell the farm as soon as possible, so I thought lowering the price would help.\u201d \u201cOh, I can understand,\u201d Harry said. \u201cWhen can I look at your farm before I buy it?\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t think that\u2019s possible,\u201d James said. \u201cI am already in touch with two people willing to buy it without visiting. I don\u2019t have enough time, Harry, but I promise you won\u2019t get a better deal than this. You\u2019re buying the farm for $1K. Believe me, that\u2019s an insane deal!\u201dUnaware of James\u2019 ill intentions, Harry paid his last thousand dollars and bought the farm. He planned to move in with his wife and two kids after his sister betrayed him by taking his parents\u2019 house and land. She made him sign documents by lying to him and never gave him his part of the inheritance. \u201cNow I understand why they sold the farm for a thousand dollars!\u201d Harry thought. After buying the house, Harry felt happy that he had invested his money in the right place, unaware that James and his brothers were laughing at him. \u201cWe\u2019ve fooled him!\u201d they said and laughed at Harry for buying their late father\u2019s abandoned farm. Two days later, Harry arrived at the farm with his family and was delighted to see the farm he had bought from his children\u2019s college fund. He had invested the money, hoping it would give him a huge return that he would use to send his kids to college. However, upon entering the abandoned house, Harry and his wife realized they needed to repair the entire place. \u201cHow will we pay for the renovation?\u201d his wife asked. \u201cDon\u2019t worry, we will work on the farm and revamp this house ourselves,\u201d Harry said. \u201cI know it would take a lot of time and hard work, but I\u2019m sure we can make things work.\u201dSoon, Harry and his wife began working on the farm and transformed it into something extraordinary. They planted new seeds, bought new livestock, and made their farm look beautiful with limited resources. Harry\u2019s new farm gave him his first monthly earning a few months later. His neighbors were stunned to see how he and his wife had revamped Sebastian\u2019s old farm into a beautiful place. One day, Harry was working in the field when he saw two men standing outside his house. \u201cHow may I help you?\u201d Harry asked them. \u201cAre you the owner of the farm?\u201d they asked him. \u201cYes,\u201d Harry nodded. Then, the two men told him they wanted the owner to pay the debt Sebastian\u2019s sons never paid. \u201cThe previous owner of this farm took loans that he never paid back. I\u2019m sure you knew this before buying the farm,\u201d one of the men said.\u201dNow I understand why they sold the farm for a thousand dollars!\u201d Harry thought. Then, he promised the men he would soon pay the debt by using the money he made by working on the farm. He even gave them an initial deposit so they would trust him. The next day, Harry cleaned the farm and got rid of the trash inside the house. He was in the attic when he climbed the ladder to reach the topmost drawer of a storage cabinet. He opened it and pulled out a black plastic bag. \u201cWhat\u2019s inside?\u201d he wondered. Suddenly, the bag ripped apart, and multiple wads of dollar bills dropped on his head. \u201cOh my!\u201d Harry exclaimed. \u201cWhat\u2019s all this?\u201d Then, Harry pulled out the other bag and was shocked to see it was also filled with a lot of money. Besides the money, he also found an envelope with a handwritten letter inside. Harry read it aloud:\u201dIf you are reading this letter and don\u2019t know who I am, that means my sons ignored my will.\u201d \u201cI\u2019m Sebastian, and I asked my three sons to care for my farm after my death. I wanted them to look after the piece of land I had inherited from my grandfather, William. He worked hard to set up the farm so I could earn money. He taught me how to work on the farm, and I wanted my sons to learn the same. However, it seems like my sons don\u2019t want to work hard. Whoever reads this letter must have bought the farm from my sons. I don\u2019t know what they told you, but I hope you take care of my beloved land. It will require a lot of hard work and finances, so I decided to take care of the latter. I am leaving this money for you. Please invest it in my farm and make it one of the best in town. I want to see my land flourish, wherever I may be. I want people to visit it. I want my farm to attract people from the city. I hope you fulfill my dream because my sons probably refuse to respect my last wish.\u201dAfter reading the letter and counting the money Sebastian had left, Harry was stunned. He could use that money for his children\u2019s college fund, but he chose to be honest instead. He used part of the money to pay Sebastian\u2019s debt and invested the rest in renovating the farm. Harry made the farm look exactly like Sebastian wanted it and named it \u2018William and Sebastian\u2019s Farm.\u2019 Soon, it attracted the neighbors, who regularly bought eggs, milk, and vegetables from Harry. Even people from neighboring towns visited the farm, allowing Harry to earn money. A year later, Harry had saved money that was ten times his kids\u2019 college fund. He believed buying the farm was the best decision of his life because it helped him in many ways. He was also grateful to Sebastian for leaving the money. Since the farm had become a hot tourist spot, James, Fred, and Kyle also learned about it. They were shocked to see how Harry had changed the farm into a beautiful place and instantly regretted not working hard as their father had told them.\u201dHi, Harry!\u201d James said. \u201cI love how the farm looks now! I\u2019m sure you must be earning a lot of money.\u201d \u201cYes,\u201d Harry smiled. \u201cBuying the farm has changed my life!\u201d \u201cWell, since we offered you such a low price for it, why don\u2019t you share your profit with us?\u201d James tried to trick Harry. \u201cYou can give part of your income to us, and we will divide it evenly.\u201d \u201cWhat?\u201d Harry chuckled. \u201cWhy would I share my income with you? I paid a huge price after buying the farm from you. My wife and I worked day and night to restore everything. You guys didn\u2019t help us in any way.\u201d James shifted his gaze toward the ground and began thinking of another way to fool Harry. The brothers needed money because they had taken bank loans and had nothing to repay. After a few moments of awkward silence, Harry made an offer that the brothers could not resist. He knew they needed money, so he asked them if they wanted to work on the farm full-time. \u201cI will pay you all a monthly salary,\u201d Harry said. \u201cI know you guys need money.\u201dSoon, the brothers began working at the farm and realized they should have listened to their father\u2019s advice. Working tirelessly made them realize how difficult it was to earn money. One day, James was cleaning the attic when he found a $500 bill on the floor. \u201cOh my!\u201d he gasped while picking it. \u201cWho left this here?\u201d His eyes glistened while he looked at the bill, and he thought of a million ways he could spend this money, but his inner voice stopped him from stealing it. \u201cI should return it to Harry,\u201d he thought. Surprisingly, Harry laughed when James told him about the bill. \u201cIt\u2019s your bonus for honesty, James! You can keep it!\u201d Harry said. It turned out that he had intentionally kept the bill in the attic to test the brothers. Since Harry loved his farm and felt grateful for owning it, he taught his children how to grow crops and care for livestock. When they grew older, they went to the city to attend university but frequently visited the farm to help their parents. After watching his children work hard on the farm during their free time, Harry was relieved that his farm was in safe hands. Unlike Sebastian, the farm was the least of his worries when he was on his deathbed because he was confident his children would look after it.What can we learn from this story? Hard work is rewarded sooner or later. When Harry bought the farm, he realized he had to work hard before he could start earning money. He wouldn\u2019t have reaped the rewards of his tireless efforts if he had shied away from working hard. Teach your kids the importance of money at an early age. Sebastian\u2019s children did not know the value of money because he always gave them everything they wanted. They never realized how hard their father had worked to earn money. Share this story with your friends and family. It might inspire them and brighten their day.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sebastian did not mind not having his sons around because his work kept him occupied all day.He would wake up early to exercise and have breakfast before leaving for work&#8230;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wow"],"views":579,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifementorb.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifementorb.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifementorb.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifementorb.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifementorb.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1199"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifementorb.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1200,"href":"https:\/\/lifementorb.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199\/revisions\/1200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifementorb.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifementorb.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifementorb.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}