A couple had been married for over 60 years
A couple had been married for over 60 years.They shared everything,talk everything and kept no secrets ___ each other except that the woman had a box in a drawer ___ she had cautioned her husband never to open or ask about.
He'd never thought about it ever since.One day,____ woman got very sick and the doctor,said she wouldn't recover.Tosort out their affairs,the husband took down the box and ___(bring) it to his wife's bedside.She agreed it was time that he should know ____ was in the box.
____(open) it,he found two small mats and a sum of money totaling $25,000.He asked her about the contents,''when we were to married,''she said,''my grangma told me the secret of happy ____(marry)was never to argue,and I should just keep quiet and make a mat ____ I got angry with you.''
The man was so____(move) that he had to fight back tears.She had only been angry with him twice in all those years of living and loving!''Honey,''he said,''that explains the mats,but what about the money?''where did it cone from?''
''Oh,''she said,''that's themoney I made from selling____.''