Just a Story.

To have or not to have

The short story of a tragic ending…

Once upon a time in a far far away land lived a creature by the name of Bart Borg, he was a well-liked creature by all the other creatures, until one day… He decided to leave the land far far away and go to the land further further away. He decided that this land further further away would help in his future to create a better life for him and his family he will one day have.

So in preparation for his trip he decided to make the long haul to the land further further away with as little of his prize positions as possible and by doing this he started to offer out his belongings to all the other creatures in the land of far far away. One particular instance seems to stand out in this storyteller’s mind…it may be because of the direct impact it had…but one will never know.

The convenience of Bart leaving at this time was great for one due to the fact that another creature was also moving (but staying with in the land of far far away) and this one creature lets call her Nora was struggling to fill her apartment with furniture necessities to sleep and sit on. When Bart came forward and offered a bed to sleep on…sure Nora was a little skeptic…who knew what mileage it had. But when Nora came to his dwellings and laid her eyes upon the sweet red velvet couches she fell in love at once…(despite the odd odour coming from the other room).

At this immediate time Nora put forth an offer and made it clear that she loved the couches and would take them. Nora then set off to find her room partner who she would have to bestow the couch upon. It was the last step in the final approval. Two days had passed when Nora was finally able to call Bart and confirm that the sweet velvet red couches were to be hers and that’s when he broke the news…

Yes this part of the story is hard to tell because of the sad tragic out come…when that call was placed a shaky voice said…oh you wanted the couches sorry I didn’t really think you did and I sold them to my friend. Then there was a thud and that was Nora’s heart coming to a sudden stop. Bart felt her pain but still was able to offer the bed. Nora accepted and as the days past slowly got over the love of the sweet red velvet couches that she almost had.

Then as part of the healing process Nora decided to go out and buy a brand new couch even know it wasn’t in the budget…but it would help her get through this hard time. So after spending $2500.00 on brand new couches the pain went away and she was able to forgive Bart and move on with her life…Until the day after she bought the couches she was making her way home when her phone rang…and who was it on the other end of that call…yes that’s right it was Bart.

Good news he says… my friend no longer wants the sweet velvet red couches and they are yours!! Their was an lengthy silence and then a little whimper…that’s when Nora brook the news…I just bought new couches!!! “oh” said Bart “are you sure” Nora was sure but now Bart had to find someone to take the sweet red velvet couches.

So with that I end this story saying…RIP sweet velvet red couches we will miss you greatly and if you every want to understand the love for the couches you can go visit them at the North Delta dump…or just rub up against Sylvia’s leg.

The End .

Writer’s notes:

No hard feeling Bart, its just a story worth telling. All the best, we will miss you.
Noelene Gagne