The Box

[MattyMattz]

THE BOX

There was once a man and woman who 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 of this
money? Where did it come from?" "Oh," she said, "that's the money I made
from selling the dolls.

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