I Fell for It… Again (standard:humor, 909 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Jul 15 2018	Views/Reads: 1505/1058	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
There is a time to “keep silence” and it is a wise man who knows when. That may be why people say that silence is golden.

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“I don't know,” she said most enthusiastically, “but I'll go and find
out right...” 

Before she could say the word “now,” she had gone out the door and shut
it most soundly. The rest of the evening she was visiting thrift stores 
all over the place. I was afraid, very much afraid, that she would 
actually find one and bring it back. 

I suppose they are to be found in thrift stores somewhere. But I just
meant it as a passing bit of conversation. 

Four hours later, she returned and was very much excited. She had found
something she had been looking for, for a very long time. It was a very 
eloquent teapot with 6 cups and saucers to it. 

“Look what I found,” she said most excitedly. “I've been looking for
this and we can use it at our next lady's tea.” According to her, this 
tea set matches the one she had back home. She was so excited about it. 


I would not say anything, but I think she forgot why she went to the
thrift stores in the first place. Now I have learned something from 
history, and that is not to remind her of the lap desk that she was 
going to look for. To this day, I have never mentioned it. 

I like what the wise old man in the Bible said, “A time to rend, and a
time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak” (Ecclesiastes 
3:7). 

There is a time to “keep silence” and it is a wise man who knows when.
That may be why people say that silence is golden.


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