04-24-2006, 05:34 AM
Magda, the church gossip, and self-appointed police of the parish's
moral integrity, kept sticking her nose into other people's business. Several
members disapproved of her extra-curricular activities, but feared
her enough to maintain their silence.
She blundered, however, when she accused George, a new member,
of being a lowlife after she saw his old pickup parked in front of
the town's only bar one afternoon. She emphatically told George in the
presence of several others that whoever saw it there would know what he was
doing.
George, a man of few words, just looked at her for a moment,
turned and walked away. He didn't explain, defend, or deny. He said nothing.
Later that evening, George quietly parked his pickup in front of
Magda's house...walked home....and left it there all night.
moral integrity, kept sticking her nose into other people's business. Several
members disapproved of her extra-curricular activities, but feared
her enough to maintain their silence.
She blundered, however, when she accused George, a new member,
of being a lowlife after she saw his old pickup parked in front of
the town's only bar one afternoon. She emphatically told George in the
presence of several others that whoever saw it there would know what he was
doing.
George, a man of few words, just looked at her for a moment,
turned and walked away. He didn't explain, defend, or deny. He said nothing.
Later that evening, George quietly parked his pickup in front of
Magda's house...walked home....and left it there all night.