And the way the skinny neck disappeared between the animal's breastplate and shell-a squirming, live thing slipping hidden into dead stony stuff-it seemed suddenly like the Mystery of Mysteries, the very source of Life .
You also should have enough to cover life's inevitable, unanticipated expenses, like a leaky roof or dead furnace not just in your primary home but also in all of your investment properties (which likely suffered abuse and neglect on their way to becoming bargains).