The Cookie Thief....

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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, 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 theif continued to diminish her stock. she was getting more irritated as the minutes ticked by, thinking, "If I weren'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'd do. With a smile on his face, and a nervous laugh, he took the last cookie and broke it in half. He offered her half, as he ate the other. She snatched the half cookie from him and thought, "Oooh, brother. This guy has some nerve and he's also rude. Why, he didn't even show any gratitude!"

She had never known when she had been so galled, and sighed with relief when her flight was called. She gathered her belongings and headed to the gate, refusing to look back at the thieving ingrate.

She boarded the plane, sank in her seat, then sought her book, which she'd almost finished. As she reached in her carry on, she gasped with surprise. There was her bag of cookies, untouched.
If mine are here, she moaned in despair, then the others were his, and he shared generously. 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 that something was a certain way, only to discover later that what we believed to be true was not? I sure have.

Good One!

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BC
LC Since 1998
Highest Weight 172
Current 104-108

The lesson learned is very true. I've blamed someone for something they have wronged me with and then found out I was wrong myself. That's tough. And really hard to admit you were the one mistaken.

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Noël


Worry doesn't empty tomorrow of its sorrows, it empties today of its strengths.

I read a very similar story many, many years ago, but it was set in Britain in a train station and the two characters were both men and the cookies were a package of biscuits.

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~~~Teelbee
Back to GOAL!!!
start weight: 176/goal range: 137-134/now: 138
Reached goal in Aug. 2003 - 4rd year of maintenance.

Good story, one worth sharing.

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Ozzie's Place