It is funny because of the absurdity and even the comical nature of the forms that human greed sometimes takes. And it’s sad that, putting yourself in the place of the main character’s husband, you feel sympathy and realize how unbearable life can be.
Some people try to save money by buying goods at discount sales, but sometimes the craving for savings is completely unreasonable, it is very difficult for a person to part with the accumulated funds in principle - such was the wife in this story.
She saved on everything she could, although there was plenty of money in the family, and her husband went to work with an old patched umbrella, causing grins from colleagues. In the end, he nevertheless forced his wife to buy a new umbrella, and you can find out how it ended by reading this not very long, but interesting story.
Here is the link to the text of the story:
https://www.yeyebook.com/en/guy-de-maupassant-short-story-the-umbrella-english-text-eng/
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