COOKIES OF WISDOM :COOKIES OF WISDOM Victoria-M.
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A woman was waiting at an airport one night,With several long hours before her flight. :A woman was waiting at an airport one night,With several long hours before her flight. She hunted for a book in the airport shops.Bought a bag of cookies and found a place to drop.
She was engrossed in her book but happened to see,That the man sitting beside her, as bold as could be. :She was engrossed in her book but happened to see,That the man sitting beside her, as bold as could be. Grabbed a cookie or two from the bag in between, Which she tried to ignore to avoid a scene.
So she munched the cookies and watched the clock,As the gutsy cookie thief diminished her stock. :So she munched the cookies and watched the clock,As the gutsy cookie thief diminished her stock. She was getting more irritated as the minutes ticked by, Thinking, "If I wasn't so nice, I would blacken his eye."
With each cookie she took, he took one too,When only one was left, she wondered what he would do. :With each cookie she took, he took one too,When only one was left, she wondered what he would do. He offered her half, as he ate the other,She snatched it from him and thought... oooh, brother. With a smile on his face, and a nervous laugh,He took the last cookie and broke it in half.
This guy has some nerve and he's also rude,Why he didn't even show any gratitude! :This guy has some nerve and he's also rude,Why he didn't even show any gratitude! She gathered her belongings and headed to the gate,Refusing to look back at the thieving ingrate. She had never known when she had been so galled,And sighed with relief when her flight was called.
She boarded the plane, and sank in her seat,Then she sought her book, which was almost complete. :She boarded the plane, and sank in her seat,Then she sought her book, which was almost complete. As she reached in her baggage, she gasped with surprise,There was her bag of cookies, in front of her eyes.
If mine are here, she moaned in despair,The others were his, and he tried to share. :If mine are here, she moaned in despair,The others were his, and he tried to share. Too late to apologize, she realized with grief,That she was the rude one, the ingrate, the thief.
How many times in our lives,have we absolutely known :How many times in our lives,have we absolutely known that something was a certain way,only to discover later thatwhat we believed to be true ...
Slide 10:FOUR THINGS WE CANNOT RECOVER * The stone …after the trow!
* The word …after it’s said!
* The occasion …after the loss!
* The time …after it’s gone!
HAVE A GREAT DAY !!! :HAVE A GREAT DAY !!! © June/2009