Take
Your Pick
Por: Shamir Galvá
A friend
of mine, Karl, was in the army. Unfortunately, he had to serve overseas for six
months. At first, his girlfriend, to whom he had been engaged for almost a
year, wrote lovingly every two days. Karl waited eagerly for every letter and
read them secretly under his blankets every night. After about a month, the
letters arrived less frequently and Karl seemed less interested in reading
them.
Finally,
after about four months, his girlfriend wrote to inform him that she was breaking
off their engagement and asked him to return her photo immediately.
Karl went out
and collected all the unwanted photos of wives, fiancées, and girlfriends from
the other soldiers and carefully put them in an envelope with a note saying:
“Regret
I cannot remember which one is you. Please keep your photo and return the
others!”
My
sister opened the door. Her former boyfriend asked stiffly, “Is your father in?
I have business to discuss with him.”
My
sister replied equally coldly, “Unfortunately, my father is away until
Thursday.”
“Thank
you,” replied the young man, and turned to leave without another word. This was
too much for my sister.
“Who
shall I say called?” she shouted.
From: SUCCESS Communicating in English Michael Walker ADDISON-WESLEY PUBLISHING COMPANY 1995
