One day, while my husband and I were passing a sporting goods store with a sign "Going out of Business" in a mall, I suggested looking around in it. But my husband said it was all overpriced junk.
With my promise of not buying anything, he agreed to wait in a coffee shop nearby.
I entered the crowded store, and strolled up and down All of a sudden, I saw the exact canoe which my husband had been longing for many years. I gasped and blinked three times. Yes, it was still there. My heart beat wildly. I quickly walked towards it and found out the price tag which said it was S6, 000 off.
Only S750?Must be mistaken!
I asked a young salesman named Mathew if there was anything wrong, but I was told it was new and was on clearance sale just like everything else.
After a check, however, he told me they made a mistake about the price which was supposed to be $4, 750.
With tears in my eyes, I said, "Of course, it was too good to be true. This is exactly like my husband's dreamboat. He's going to be 62 years old this Friday. He had to retire early for his health. It's been hard on just the pension but the stubborn old fool has been saving $10 every week for years. "My voice was lower and lower and then I walked away.
I was already at the mall door when Mathew caught up with me.
"Do you have $750 plus $25 for delivery and a bit more for tax, ma'am?"I gasped, "Yes. Yes. ""Well then, you just have your husband sitting on the front porch on Friday morning at around 10 o'clock when my dad and I come to unload his new boat." I started to cry. My old hand shook and I couldn't say a word for a long time.
Mathew swallowed and told me the story about his grandfather-the owner of the store, who had run it for more than 30 years, "He always promised to retire one day and would spend time fishing in a canoe. He ordered this one last year. But he died, sudden-like, just last week and never found a chance to use it. I think he will be very, very happy that your husband will get this canoe. You just have to promise that he will use it a lot. "
"I promise, "I said as I hurried to look for my dear sweet husband.
