Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Here's an experiment - Part 2
Last week, this American couple moved into this European dude's house.
The computer programmer explained that a great tragedy had befallen the Americans' host family. Several weeks earlier, a group of men from the village ten miles south had ridden into town and abducted the family's youngest daughter. Word had come down that the daughter had been married to one of those villagers. The family viewed this with some dismay, and her father, the middle-aged guy, had gone so far as to pronounce it "completely unacceptable."
The American couple was intrigued. They had been unable to detect any overt sadness or melancholy within the household, although to be fair they'd been there less than 24 hours and hadn't even met the middle-aged guy's wife or other children. But the middle-aged guy carried an air of pleasant resignation that in America could pass for contentment. The American couple marvelled that the middle-aged guy could be so calm such a short time after the loss of his daughter.
The computer programmer explained further that the daughter wasn't lost. She was in the shed behind the family's home.
TO BE CONTINUED
The computer programmer explained that a great tragedy had befallen the Americans' host family. Several weeks earlier, a group of men from the village ten miles south had ridden into town and abducted the family's youngest daughter. Word had come down that the daughter had been married to one of those villagers. The family viewed this with some dismay, and her father, the middle-aged guy, had gone so far as to pronounce it "completely unacceptable."
The American couple was intrigued. They had been unable to detect any overt sadness or melancholy within the household, although to be fair they'd been there less than 24 hours and hadn't even met the middle-aged guy's wife or other children. But the middle-aged guy carried an air of pleasant resignation that in America could pass for contentment. The American couple marvelled that the middle-aged guy could be so calm such a short time after the loss of his daughter.
The computer programmer explained further that the daughter wasn't lost. She was in the shed behind the family's home.
TO BE CONTINUED
// posted by Justus Ballard @ 2:56 PM 
