The Gift She Accepted
A man was pleased every time a woman returned a gift to him.
No matter how many gifts she returned, he kept bringing her more.
But on the day she accepted a gift for the first time, he decided to leave her side.
Why?
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Hint 1
Delivering the gifts was part of the man’s job.
Hint 2
Was the person delivering the gifts also the person sending them?
Hint 3
Returning a gift also meant turning down someone’s marriage proposal.
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Answer
The man was a servant in the house where the woman lived.
The gifts he delivered were from another man who was asking her to marry him.
Secretly in love with her, the servant was pleased each time she turned down the proposal and returned the gift.
That day, however, she told him she would accept the proposal, and she kept the gift.
Heartbroken, he decided to quit his job because staying close to her would be too painful.
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Explanation
The woman was the daughter of the family the man worked for.
He was secretly in love with her.
She had a suitor who repeatedly asked her to marry him. The servant’s job was to hand her the gifts that arrived from this suitor.
Each time, she refused the proposal and handed the gift back to the servant.
It was bad news for the sender, but a quiet relief for the servant who loved her.
That day was different.
She kept the gift and told the servant she would accept the proposal.
He had done his job by delivering the gift. But it also forced him to face his own heartbreak.
Unable to bear the thought of continuing to work close to her, he decided to leave his job at the house.
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