In a very poor family lived a boy, Tim—but despite their poverty, he was fabulously rich. His wealth was laughter. A cheerful, shimmering, contagious laughter. But Tim didn’t know that this was the greatest and most important wealth. He believed that without money there is no happiness.
And then one day a person who introduced himself as a friend of his father offered Tim the chance to trade his laughter for the ability to win any bet—even the most wild ones.