The Box

[Chappy]

The Box

There was once a man and woman who 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 $25,000. 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 dolls, 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."

[blim]

Read this one to Hubby and he said...."and she sold them for a dollar a piece"

Liz

[bar5]

Great, you're on a roll.

C&P and emailed to others.

Barb