AladdinSane
02-02-2007, 10:52 PM
A man and woman had been married for more than 60
years.
They had shared everything. They had talked about
everything. They had kept no secrets from each other
except that the little old woman had a shoe-box in the
top
of her closet that she had cautioned her husband never
to
open or ask her about. For all of these years, he had
never thought about the box, but one day the little
old
woman got very sick and the doctor said she would not
recover. In trying to sort out their affairs, the
little
old man took down the shoe-box and took it to his
wife's
bedside.
She agreed that it was time that he should know what
was
in the box. When he opened it, he found two crocheted
dolls and a stack of money totaling $95,000. He asked
her
about the contents. "When we were to be married," she
said, "my grandmother told me the secret of a happy
marriage was to never argue. She told me that if I
ever
got angry with you, I should just keep quiet and
crochet a
doll."
The little old man was so moved; he had to fight back
tears. Only two precious dolls were in the box. She
had
only been angry with him two times in all those years
of
living and loving. He almost burst with happiness.
"Honey," he said, "that explains the doll, but what
about
all of this money? Where did it come from?"
"Oh," she said, "That's the money I made from
selling the
dolls."
years.
They had shared everything. They had talked about
everything. They had kept no secrets from each other
except that the little old woman had a shoe-box in the
top
of her closet that she had cautioned her husband never
to
open or ask her about. For all of these years, he had
never thought about the box, but one day the little
old
woman got very sick and the doctor said she would not
recover. In trying to sort out their affairs, the
little
old man took down the shoe-box and took it to his
wife's
bedside.
She agreed that it was time that he should know what
was
in the box. When he opened it, he found two crocheted
dolls and a stack of money totaling $95,000. He asked
her
about the contents. "When we were to be married," she
said, "my grandmother told me the secret of a happy
marriage was to never argue. She told me that if I
ever
got angry with you, I should just keep quiet and
crochet a
doll."
The little old man was so moved; he had to fight back
tears. Only two precious dolls were in the box. She
had
only been angry with him two times in all those years
of
living and loving. He almost burst with happiness.
"Honey," he said, "that explains the doll, but what
about
all of this money? Where did it come from?"
"Oh," she said, "That's the money I made from
selling the
dolls."