An unlucky thief

A young man and an old man were waiting for a bus at a station. They were sitting next to each other. “What’s that in your bag?” asked the young man, pointing to the big bag beside the old man. “Money,” answered the old man.

The young man could hardly believe his ears. “What?” he said to himself in surprise. Then he began to think about how to get the money.

The old man looked tired and it seemed that he could hardly keep his eyes open.

“Are you tired, sir?” asked the young man. “You’d better have a good rest. Don’t worry about the bus. I’ll wake you up in time.”

“All right It’s very kind of you,” the old man said. He lay back and fell asleep.

The young man took the big bag carefully. Just as he started to run away, he found a corner of his expensive coat was under the old man’s body. He tried to pull it out, but failed. At last he took off the coat and went away with the bag.

He ran out of the station as quickly as possible. Then he stopped and opened the bag. To his surprise, there was nothing but newspapers in it. He hurried back to the station, but he found the old man was gone, with is coat and wallet he had left in the pocket.