A rich, eccentric wanted to invest his money and keep it safe.
He decided to invest in antique furniture, but not just any furniture. He would buy the best and fanciest chairs that could be found in the finest castles of the world.
He wanted to be sure his collection would not be damaged or stolen so, in his eccentric mind, he thought they would be safe kept in a large woven hut built deep in the woods. He figured no one would expect anything valuable to be kept in such a primitive-looking place.
He traveled the world over buying the most lavish of chairs, then carefully brought each of them back to his hut.
His family found out what he was doing and begged him to keep his collection in a safer place.
He insisted on keeping his collection where it was, but decided to move into the hut to personally watch over his collection.
As could be expected, disaster eventually struck in the form a forest fire which destroyed both his hut and his priceless collection.
The man managed to escape alive, but was devastated at his loss, and with nowhere to live, soon died penniless.
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