What Is The Moral Of The Fable Of The Miser?

A rich man loved his gold more than anything else. He never spent any, but kept it in a hole in the ground where he could gloat over it and add to it at every opportunity. This went on for some years; in the end one of the miser's servants noticed how often he went to a certain hole in the ground, and secretly watched him putting more treasure in. Next day he stole the money and fled. When the miser discovered the theft, he gave a great wail and sat lamenting over his loss. A neighbour heard him and came to comfort him. However, when he heard the story, the neighbour felt no sympathy but laughed, saying, "Why don't you just get a lot of stones, bury them in the ground and pretend they're money? They would do you as much good as your real treasure did."
Like the Biblical parable of the talents, this story tells us to make use of what we have and not hide it away.