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- Story Listed as: Fiction For Adults
- Theme: Drama / Human Interest
- Subject: General Interest
- Published: 11/22/2025
IF MONEY CAN SAVE YOU
Adult, M, from Monrovia, Liberia
If money could truly save you, then rich men and women would never die. In the small town of Kapakola lived a very wealthy man who possessed gold, diamonds, and even owned several companies. Having all this in the city, his estate in Kapakola felt like a paradise, and he constantly fed the animals with the same food that humans need for survival. Whenever people came to him for food, he would say, “I’m sorry—I have a lot of animals to feed, so I can’t give you anything right now.”
One day, a very poor little boy whose mother was seriously sick came to him with tears in his eyes, crying and begging for help. The man replied, “Oh, little boy, I’m sorry, but I have things to do with the money, so I can’t. Besides, one of my puppies is sick, and I have to make sure it’s well.”
Later, he visited the city to inspect his workers. There, he saw one of his workers fall into the sea and get rescued only by his colleagues, while a box of golds slipped into the sea. When he learned that the box had been left in the sea, he became very angry and killed the man right away, shouting, “You have left my money in the sea, so you deserve to die.”
After many years of his agonizing attitude, he became seriously sick. He was taken from hospital to hospital, but nothing changed; his condition grew worse with each passing day. At one of the hospitals, he was told that he had lung cancer, which would cost *billions of dollars* for surgery. He sold all of his riches and paid the money, but still died after the surgery. Before he died, he wrote a note saying:
_“No one should look down upon the poor; if you are rich, looking down upon the poor is against God’s will. I never thought money cannot save me—only God can.”_
The theme of the story is that *wealth and material riches are ultimately powerless against fate and God’s will*, and that *looking down on the poor and lacking compassion brings severe consequences*. It teaches humility, empathy, and the idea that true salvation comes from morality and faith, not money.
If money could truly save you, then rich men and women would never die. In the small town of Kapakola lived a very wealthy man who possessed gold, diamonds, and even owned several companies. Having all this in the city, his estate in Kapakola felt like a paradise, and he constantly fed the animals with the same food that humans need for survival. Whenever people came to him for food, he would say, “I’m sorry—I have a lot of animals to feed, so I can’t give you anything right now.”
One day, a very poor little boy whose mother was seriously sick came to him with tears in his eyes, crying and begging for help. The man replied, “Oh, little boy, I’m sorry, but I have things to do with the money, so I can’t. Besides, one of my puppies is sick, and I have to make sure it’s well.”
Later, he visited the city to inspect his workers. There, he saw one of his workers fall into the sea and get rescued only by his colleagues, while a box of golds slipped into the sea. When he learned that the box had been left in the sea, he became very angry and killed the man right away, shouting, “You have left my money in the sea, so you deserve to die.”
After many years of his agonizing attitude, he became seriously sick. He was taken from hospital to hospital, but nothing changed; his condition grew worse with each passing day. At one of the hospitals, he was told that he had lung cancer, which would cost *billions of dollars* for surgery. He sold all of his riches and paid the money, but still died after the surgery. Before he died, he wrote a note saying:
_“No one should look down upon the poor; if you are rich, looking down upon the poor is against God’s will. I never thought money cannot save me—only God can.”_
The theme of the story is that *wealth and material riches are ultimately powerless against fate and God’s will*, and that *looking down on the poor and lacking compassion brings severe consequences*. It teaches humility, empathy, and the idea that true salvation comes from morality and faith, not money.
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