The Biggest Ruby

Once upon a time there was a man who had hard journey ahead of him. He saw a little shiny gnome with big white teeth and a black toupe sitting by the side of the road. Thegnome said, i've a shiny red jewel that i would like to sell you cheap. And from beneath his cloak, he pulled the biggest ruby that the man had ever seen. It must have weighed a hundred pounds, and it shone like the sun. But soon discovered that he couldn't make much progress because a hundred pounds was a lot to carry. So he thought to himself, why continue anyways? I'll just stand here holding my ruby,. When people walk by, they can