JUST TO LAUGH

For months he had been her devoted admirer. Not at last, he had collected up some courage to ask her the most momentous of all questions. “There are quite a lot of advantages in being a bachelor, “ he began, “but there comes a time when one longs for the companionship of another being – a being who will regard one as perfect, as an idol; who will be kind and faithful when times are hard; who will share one’s joys and sorrows...” To his delight he saw a sympathetic gleam in her eyes. Then she nodded in agreement “So, you are thinking of buying a dog” she said. “I think it is fine idea. Do let me help your to choose one.”