| General Non-Fiction posted June 2, 2020 |
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You can't insult me even if you try.
Not on Speaking Terms
by Mary Furlong
"Tell me something," the music teacher said as I entered the faculty lounge. "What would you do about a neighbor's barking dog?"
Trick question? This guy was a funny duck. Usually, he didn't say a word. Not a morning person, I had figured.
"Call the police?" I ventured.
"You think? Maybe I will."
Giving a nod, he rose and left the room.
The rest of the faculty burst into applause. "You won."
Won what?
"He hasn't spoken to you all year. You never noticed?"
"Why? What did I do to make him mad?"
No one remembered. Did he?
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"Tell me something," the music teacher said as I entered the faculty lounge. "What would you do about a neighbor's barking dog?"
Trick question? This guy was a funny duck. Usually, he didn't say a word. Not a morning person, I had figured.
"Call the police?" I ventured.
"You think? Maybe I will."
Giving a nod, he rose and left the room.
The rest of the faculty burst into applause. "You won."
Won what?
"He hasn't spoken to you all year. You never noticed?"
"Why? What did I do to make him mad?"
No one remembered. Did he?
Trick question? This guy was a funny duck. Usually, he didn't say a word. Not a morning person, I had figured.
"Call the police?" I ventured.
"You think? Maybe I will."
Giving a nod, he rose and left the room.
The rest of the faculty burst into applause. "You won."
Won what?
"He hasn't spoken to you all year. You never noticed?"
"Why? What did I do to make him mad?"
No one remembered. Did he?
I never did find out why he wasn't speaking to me, much less why he thought I was an authority on barking dogs? There must be a lesson here, but if so, I can't remember what it is.
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