A modernized fairy tale, it tells of a rich bachelor who decides to study his relatives before making his will. A visit to them leaves him as puzzled as before. He plans a test. They are all invited to visit him on a certain day. In the middle of the road he plants a big stone. One by one the relatives pass it by until the humblest of them all decides that the stone is dangerous to traffic and moves it away. Underneath they find a note giving the finder the old man"s fortune.