True Story 14. Whose Money Is It?
Дата публикации: Apr 13, 2015 6:28:7 AM
Изложение
Луиза Стамберг была очень бережливой женщиной.
Она мало тратила и много откладывала на будущее.
Все свои сбережения она хранила в жестяных банках из под продуктов, считая эти банки надежнее финансовых банков.
Банки Луиза прятала под подвесным потолком своей кухни.
Накопленные деньги Луиза собиралась оставить своей племяннице Ольге, поэтому на жестянках она писала её имя.
Так случилось, что Луиза скончалась не рассказав Ольге о её наследстве.
Ольга въехала в дом Луизы, пожила в нем некоторое время, а потом продала дом некоему Брайну Вильямсу.
Перед переездом Брайн решил отремонтировать дом и нанял для этого плотника.
Когда плотник занимался ремонтом кухни, он обнаружил под потолком пыльные жестяные банки с деньгами.
Он обрадовался, решив присвоить деньги себе.
Однако Брайн узнал об этом и подал на плотника в суд, обвиняя в краже.
Когда Ольга узнала из газет про это дело, она подала иск к Брайну, пытаясь доказать, что деньги принадлежат ей, поскольку дом принадлежал её тете и на жестянках было написано имя "Ольга".
Гражданские иски были объединены в одно дело и судья долго взвешивал аргументы истцов, результаты экспертизы и изучал предыдущие подобные дела.
Потом он вынес решение: 50% получила Ольга, а плотник и Брайн Вильямс по 25% от общей суммы находки.
2.
Луиза Стамберг была очень бережливой женщиной.
Она мало тратила и много откладывала на будущее.
Все свои сбережения она хранила в жестяных банках из под продуктов, считая эти банки надежнее финансовых банков.
Банки Луиза прятала под подвесным потолком своей кухни.
Накопленные деньги Луиза собиралась оставить своей племяннице Ольге, поэтому на жестянках она писала её имя.
Так случилось, что Луиза скончалась, так и не рассказав Ольге о её наследстве.
Ольга въехала в дом Луизы, пожила в нем некоторое время, а потом продала дом некоему Брайну Вильямсу.
Перед переездом Брайн решил отремонтировать дом и нанял для этой цели плотника.
Когда плотник занимался ремонтом кухни, он обнаружил под потолком пыльные жестяные банки с деньгами.
Он обрадовался, решив присвоить деньги себе.
Однако Брайн узнал об этом и подал на плотника в суд, обвиняя в краже.
Когда Ольга узнала из газет про это дело, она подала иск к Брайну, пытаясь доказать, что деньги принадлежат ей, поскольку дом принадлежал её тете и на жестянках было написано имя "Ольга".
Гражданские иски были объединены в одно дело и судья долго взвешивал аргументы истцов, результаты экспертизы и изучал предыдущие подобные дела.
Потом он вынес решение: 50% получила Ольга, а плотник и Брайн Вильямс по 25% от общей суммы находки.
Translation
Louise Stamberg was a very thrifty woman.
She spent a little money, supposing that a saved penny was an earned one.
Louise kept all her money in cans, considering banks being untrustworthy and unsafe.
She was hiding the cans under the ceiling of her kitchen.
Louise was going to leave all the money her niece Olga, thus every can was inscribed with that name.
One day Louise suddenly died before she could have told Olga about her legacy.
After the funeral, Olga came and lived in Louise's house for many years.
Later, she sold the house to a Brian Williams who wanted to have his new house renewed so he hired a carpenter.
When the carpenter was fixing the ceiling in the kitchen, he accidentally discovered the cans.
He was very happy about the money which he decided to take and keep secretly.
However, Brian got to know of the money somehow and he sued the carpenter for the theft.
The carpenter advanced a counterclaim against Brian for his find.
What's more, Olga learned about the claims from newspapers and sued Brian trying to prove that it was her money as her name had been on the cans and the house had belonged to her aunt Louise.
The judge joined the three claims into one piece and was thinking over it for a long time, taking into consideration all the arguments, experts' examinations and applicable precedents.
Finally, he passed his judgement: Olga got fifty per cent of the amount, Brian and the carpenter got twenty-five per cent of the amount, each.
Louise Stamberg was a very thrifty woman.
She spent a little money, supposing that a saved penny was an earned one.
Louise kept all her money in cans, considering banks being untrustworthy and unsafe.
She was hiding the cans under the ceiling of her kitchen.
Louise was going to leave all the money her niece Olga, thus every can was inscribed with that name.
One day Louise suddenly died before she could have told Olga about her legacy.
After the funeral, Olga came and lived in Louise's house for many years.
Later, she sold the house to a Brian Williams who wanted to have his new house renewed so he hired a carpenter.
When the carpenter was fixing the ceiling in the kitchen, he accidentally discovered the cans.
He was very happy about the money which he decided to take and keep secretly.
However, Brian got to know of the money somehow and he sued the carpenter for the theft.
The carpenter advanced a counterclaim against Brian for his find.
What's more, Olga learned about the claims from newspapers and sued Brian trying to prove that it was her money as her name had been on the cans and the house had belonged to her aunt Louise.
The judge joined the three claims into one piece and was thinking over it for a long time, taking into consideration all the arguments, experts' examinations and applicable precedents.
Finally, he passed his judgement: Olga got fifty per cent of the amount, Brian and the carpenter got twenty-five per cent of the amount, each.
2.
Louise Stamberg was a very thrifty old woman.
She spent a little money for herself, supposing that a saved penny was an earned one.
Louise kept all her money in cans, considering banks being untrustworthy and unsafe.
She was hiding the cans above the ceiling of her kitchen.
Louise wanted her niece Olga to keep all the money and wrote her name on every can.
One day Louise suddenly died before she could have told Olga about her legacy.
After the funeral, Olga moved in in Louise's house and lived there for many years.
Later, she sold the house to a Brian Williams who wanted to have his newly-bought house renewed so he hired a carpenter.
When the carpenter was fixing the ceiling in the kitchen, he accidentally discovered the cans.
He was very happy about the money which he decided to keep for himself.
However, Brian got to know of the money somehow and he sued the carpenter for the theft.
The carpenter advanced a counterclaim against Brian for his find.
What's more, Olga learned about the claims from newspapers and sued Brian trying to prove that it was her money as her name had been on the cans and the house had belonged to her aunt Louise.
The judge joined the three claims into one piece and was thinking over it for a long time, taking into consideration all the arguments, experts' examinations and applicable precedents.
Finally, he passed his judgement: Olga got fifty per cent of the amount, Brian and the carpenter got twenty-five per cent of the amount each.
theft /θeft/]
applicable [/əˈplɪkəbl/]
under the ceiling - люстра под потолком
above the ceiling - банки спрятанные под (=над) потолком
Louise Stamberg was a very thrifty old woman.
She spent a little money for herself, supposing that a saved penny was an earned one.
Louise kept all her money in cans, considering banks being untrustworthy and unsafe.
She was hiding the cans above the ceiling of her kitchen.
Louise wanted her niece Olga to keep all the money and wrote her name on every can.
One day Louise suddenly died before she could have told Olga about her legacy.
After the funeral, Olga moved in in Louise's house and lived there for many years.
Later, she sold the house to a Brian Williams who wanted to have his newly-bought house renewed so he hired a carpenter.
When the carpenter was fixing the ceiling in the kitchen, he accidentally discovered the cans.
He was very happy about the money which he decided to keep for himself.
However, Brian got to know of the money somehow and he sued the carpenter for the theft.
The carpenter advanced a counterclaim against Brian for his find.
What's more, Olga learned about the claims from newspapers and sued Brian trying to prove that it was her money as her name had been on the cans and the house had belonged to her aunt Louise.
The judge joined the three claims into one piece and was thinking over it for a long time, taking into consideration all the arguments, experts' examinations and applicable precedents.
Finally, he passed his judgement: Olga got fifty per cent of the amount, Brian and the carpenter got twenty-five per cent of the amount each.
Essay
1.
When I was reading this story I wondered why people keep their money in an old sock.
It's clear for everyone that those saving are unhandy, decreasing in value and can easily be stolen.
Maybe Louise went through a war or a great economic crisis and she made sure that banks were unreliable and unsafe.
Probably, she also was mistrustful of everyone as she didn't tell even her heir about the money.
Anyway, she chose that very infantile way to keep her savings so I can conclude that she lived in an immanent poverty logic.
So did Olga as she didn't redecorate the house during many years.
As for saving, I can divide all people to those who save up money and those who spend it.
The latter believe that their life is what takes place here and now while the former think about their future.
I think that the truth is in between these statements.
I want to live fully all the time but I'm certain that thinking about my future is very important either.
Recently, I had a chance to make sure that not only banks are untrustworthy and unsafe but even the state, law, economic and social institutions are fragile and unreliable.
So, it is reasonably to keep the saving using different financial instruments: bonds, shares, stock and bank deposites in various currencies.
However, it's more far-sighted to put in to friends and family because social connections are very advantageous investments.
When I was reading this story I wondered why people keep their money in an old sock.
It's clear for everyone that those saving are unhandy, decreasing in value and can easily be stolen.
Maybe Louise went through a war or a great economic crisis and she made sure that banks were unreliable and unsafe.
Probably, she also was mistrustful of everyone as she didn't tell even her heir about the money.
Anyway, she chose that very infantile way to keep her savings so I can conclude that she lived in an immanent poverty logic.
So did Olga as she didn't redecorate the house during many years.
As for saving, I can divide all people to those who save up money and those who spend it.
The latter believe that their life is what takes place here and now while the former think about their future.
I think that the truth is in between these statements.
I want to live fully all the time but I'm certain that thinking about my future is very important either.
Recently, I had a chance to make sure that not only banks are untrustworthy and unsafe but even the state, law, economic and social institutions are fragile and unreliable.
So, it is reasonably to keep the saving using different financial instruments: bonds, shares, stock and bank deposites in various currencies.
However, it's more far-sighted to put in to friends and family because social connections are very advantageous investments.
2.
When I was reading this story I wondered why people would keep their money in an old sock.
It's clear for everyone that those savings are unhandy, decreasing in value and could easily be stolen.
Maybe Louise had gone through a war or a great economic crisis that she was sure that banks were unreliable and unsafe.
Probably, she also was mistrustful of everyone as she didn't tell even her heiress about the money.
Anyway, she chose that very infantile way to keep her savings so I can conclude that she used the immanent poverty logic.
So was Olga as she didn't redecorate her house for many years.
As for one's savings, the people could be divided into two groups: those ones who save up money and the ones who spend it.
The latter believe that their life is what takes place here and now while the former think about their future.
I think that the truth is in between these beliefs.
I want to live fully all the time but I'm certain that thinking about my future is very important too.
Recently, I had a chance to be sure that not only banks are untrustworthy and unsafe but even the state, laws, economic and social institutions are fragile and unreliable.
So, it is reasonable to keep one's saving using different financial instruments: bonds, shares, stocks and bank deposites in various currencies.
However, it's more far-sighted to put into friends and family because social connections are very advantageous investments.
heir /eə(r)/
heiress /ˈeəres/
deposit /dɪˈpɒzɪt/
When I was reading this story I wondered why people would keep their money in an old sock.
It's clear for everyone that those savings are unhandy, decreasing in value and could easily be stolen.
Maybe Louise had gone through a war or a great economic crisis that she was sure that banks were unreliable and unsafe.
Probably, she also was mistrustful of everyone, as she didn't tell even her heiress about the money.
Anyway, she chose that very infantile way to keep her savings, so I can conclude that she used the immanent poverty logic.
So was Olga as she didn't redecorate her house for many years.
As for one's savings, the people could be divided into two groups: those ones who save up money and the ones who spend it.
The latter believe that their life is what takes place here and now while the former think about their future.
I think that the truth is in between these beliefs.
I want to live fully all the time but I'm certain that thinking about my future is very important too.
Recently, I had a chance to be sure that not only banks are untrustworthy and unsafe but even the state, laws, economic and social institutions are fragile and unreliable.
So, it is reasonable to keep one's saving using different financial instruments: bonds, shares, stocks and bank deposites in various currencies.
However, it's more far-sighted to put into friends and family, because social connections are very advantageous investments.
Orig
LOUISE Stamberg likes to save money. But she doesn't like banks. So she doesn't put her money in banks. She hides it in her house. She puts her money in cans. Then she puts the cans above the ceiling in her kitchen.
Louise writes "Olga" on some cans of money. Olga is Louise's niece. "This money is for Olga," Louise thinks. Louise doesn't tell Olga about the money. She doesn't tell anyone about the money.
When she is an old woman, Louise Stamberg dies. Then her niece Olga moves into Louise's house. Olga lives in the house for many years. Then she sells the house to Brian Williams.
Mr. Williams wants to remodel the kitchen. He hires a carpenter to do the work. The carpenter is fixing the ceiling when he finds 12 cans. He opens the cans, and what does he find? He finds money—a lot of money. He finds $150,000.
"It's my money!" the carpenter says. "I found it!"
"No, it's not your money," Mr. Williams says. "This is my house, so it's my money."
"No, it's not your money," Olga says. "The name 'Olga' is on some of the cans. I am Olga, so it's my money."
A judge must decide: Whose money is it? Is it the carpenter's money? Is it Mr. Williams' money? Or is it Olga's money? What does the judge decide? What do you think?