It was a simple, little string. I bent down to pick it off of the carpet only
to find it was one end of a very long string.
As I gathered it up, I twisted it around the keys I happen to have in my
hand. In only a few steps I no longer
had to bend over but simply just walked through the house gathering up this long
piece of string. It eventually led me
out of the side door and down the walkway to the mailbox. By now, however, I couldn’t have used my keys
even if I wanted too. They were now inside
this growing clump of string.
This didn’t just appear.
Someone must have laid this out, but why? Was I going to discover a kite at the other
end of it? Well, apparently not, as I
could now see the string disappearing into my mailbox. I carefully opened the little door and inside
I saw the other end of the string was attached to a small package. This must be the prize at the end of this
little adventure, I thought to myself.
There was a note on the box that said, you’ll thank me
later. As it was my mailbox, I figured it must be for me, so I carefully
lifted it from the mailbox and pulled the string free from the small piece of tape
that held it to the mystery package. I
didn’t at all think it was dangerous, so I carried it back into the house and
set it on the kitchen table. By the
looks of it, all I was going to need was scissors and maybe a kitchen knife to
unwrap it.
This was exciting. Who
could have done this? None of my friends
could have gotten into my house to lay the string all around. Certainly, the postal worker didn’t know me
that well to be playing pranks on me.
This was quite perplexing. Ever so carefully I removed the tape from the
wrapping. As I pulled the paper away
from the package, I could see it was a small box with a tiny brass plaque affixed
to the top of it. The box was a rich mahogany
and looked to be hand made by someone quite skilled.
I turned the box
around so I could read the fancy scroll writing on the brass. It took a second but then I smiled. It said, A place for your string.
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