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A
Little Kiss
Four strangers traveled
together in the same compartment of a European train. Two men and
two women faced each other.
One woman was a very
wealthy and sophisticated 75 year old lady who was decked out in the
finest of furs and jewelry. Next to her sat a beautiful young woman,
nineteen yrs. old--who looked like something right off the cover of
a fashion magazine. Across from the older lady was a man in his
late-forties who was a highly decorated Sergeant Major in the Army.
And next to the Sergeant Major sat a young private fresh out of boot
camp.
As these four strangers
traveled, they talked and chatted about trivial things until they
entered an unlighted tunnel, and there they sat in complete darkness
and total silence, until the sound of a distinct kiss broke the
silence; following the kiss a loud slap could be heard throughout
the cabin.
In the ensuing period of
silence the four strangers sat quietly with their own thoughts.
The
older lady was thinking,
"Isn't
it wonderful that even in this permissive day and age there are
still young women who have a little self-respect and dignity?"
The
young woman, shaking her head and greatly puzzled,
asked herself, "Why in
the world would any man in his right mind want to kiss an old fossil
like that when I'm sitting here?"
The
Sergeant Major, rubbing his sore face,
was
outraged that any woman could ever think that a man in his position
would try to sneak a kiss in the dark.
And
the private, grinning from ear to ear,
was
thinking, "What a crazy and mixed up world this is when a private
can kiss the back of his hand and then smack a Sergeant Major in the
face and get away with it!"
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