Once, long ago, a successful merchant married a lovely younger lady. He traveled (he ran a caravan) a lot. And one day, when he returned home, the servants met him a the door crying, "We heard a man's voice from the mistresses bedroom. But when we knocked, she wouldn't answer and when we finally broke in we found her sitting on top of a very large chest. She won't let us look inside."
The man walked into where his wife sat on the chest. "Honey," he said. "What's in the chest?"
She sniffed. "Look for yourself, but I'll know you don't trust me for the rest of our marriage."
A wise man, he paused for a moment to think. Then he called four of his strongest servants. They carried the chest out back and buried it deep.
The couple never spoke of the chest again. They lived happily for many years and raised seven fine children.
2006-10-10
10:30:57
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Laura D
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