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"Dolls for Sale!"
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 $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
this money? Where did it come from?"
"Oh," she said, "that's the money I made from selling the dolls."
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