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Sweet Coffee
He met her on a party, she was so outstanding, many
guys chasing after her,while he was so normal, nobody
paid attention to him.
At the end of the party, he invited her to have coffee
with him, she was surprised, but due to polite, she
promised.
They sat in a nice coffee shop, he was too nervous to
say anything, she felt uncomfortable, she thought,
please, let me back home..
Suddenly he asked the waiter: would you please give me
some salt? I'd like to put it in my coffee. Everybody
stared at him, so strange! His face turned red, but,
still he put the salt in his coffee and drank it.
She asked him curiously: why you have this hobby? He
replied: when I was a little boy, I was living near
the sea, I like playing in the sea, I could felt the
taste of the sea, salty and bite, just like the taste
of the salty coffee.
Now every time I have the salty coffee, I will think
of my childhood, think of my hometown, I miss my
hometown so much, I miss my parents who still living
there. Saying that, tears filled his eyes.
She was deeply touched. That's his true feeling, from
the bottom of his heart. A man who can tell out his
homesick, he must be a man loves home, cares about
home, has responsibility of home..
Then she also started to talk,talked about her faraway
hometown, her childhood, her family. that was a really
nice talk, also a beautiful beginning of their story.
They continue to date. She found actually he was a man
who meets all her demands: he was tolerance, kind
hearted, warm, careful...he was such a good guy but
she almost missed him!
Thanks to his salty coffee! Then the story was just
like every beautiful love story: the princess married
to the prince, then they were living the happy
life...And, every time she made coffee for him, she
put some salt in the coffee, as she knew that's the
way he liked.
After 40 years, he passed away, left her a letter
which said:
"My dearest, please forgive me, forgive my whole life
lie. This was the only lie I said to you----the salty
coffee. Remember the first time we dated? I was so
nervous at that time, actually I wanted some sugar,
but I said salt. It's hard for me to change so I just
go ahead. "
"I never thought that could be the start of our
communication! I tried to tell you the truth many
times in my life, but I was too afraid to do that, as
I have promised not to lie to you for anything..Now
I'm dying, I am afraid of nothing so I tell you the
truth: I don't like the salty coffee, what a strange
bad taste..but I have the salty coffee for my whole
life since I knew you, never feel sorry for anything I
do for you."
"Having you with me is my biggest happiness for my
whole life. If I can live for the second time, I still
want to know you and have you as my whole life wife,
even though I have to drink the salty coffee again."
Her tears made the letter totally wet. Someday,
someone asked her: what's the taste of salty coffee?
She replied. It's sweet.
Submitted by Piyush Kacha, Mumbai, India
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