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Sunday, June 3, 2007
He met her on a party. She was so outstanding, many
guys chasing after her, while he was so normal, nobody
paid attention to him. At the end of the party, he
invited her to have coffee with him, she was
surprised, but due to being polite, she promised. They
sat in a nice coffee shop, he was too nervous to say
anything, she felt uncomfortable, she thought,
please,let me go home.. suddenly he asked the waiter:
would you please give me some salt? I'd like to put it
in my coffee."
Everybody stared at him, so strange! His face turned
red, but, still, he put the salt in his coffee and
drank it. She asked him curiously, why you have this
hobby?
He replied: "when I was a little boy, I was living
near the sea, I liked playing in the sea, I could feel
the taste of the sea , just like the taste of the
salty coffee. Now every time I have the salty coffee,
I always think of my childhood, think of my hometown,
I miss my hometown so much, I miss my parents who are
still living there".
While saying that tears filled his eyes. She was
deeply touched. That's his true feeling, from the
bottom of his heart. A man who can tell out his
homesickness, he must be a man who loves home, cares
about home,has responsibility of home.. Then she also
started to speak, spoke about her faraway hometown,
her childhood, her family. That was a really nice
talk,
also a beautiful beginning of their story. They
continued to date.
She found that actually he was a man who meets all her
demands; he had tolerance, was kind hearted, warm,
careful. He was such a good person but she almost
missed him! Thanks to his salty coffee!Then the story
was just like every beautiful love story, the princess
married to the prince, then they were living the happy
life... And, every time she made coffee for him, she
put some salt in the coffee, as she knew that's the
way he liked it.
After 40 years, he passed away, left her a letter
which said:
"My dearest, please forgive me, forgive my whole life
lie. This was the
only lie I said to you---the salty coffee. Remember
the first time we
dated? I was so nervous at that time, actually I
wanted some sugar, but I
said salt It was hard for me to change so I just went
ahead. I never
thought that could be the start of our communication!
I tried to tell you
the truth many times in my life, but I was too afraid
to do that, as I have
promised not to lie to you for anything.. Now I'm
dying, I afraid of
nothing so I wanna tell you the truth: I don't like
the salty coffee, what
a strange bad taste.. But I have had the salty coffee
for my whole life!
Since Idon't wanna miss U, I never feel sorry for
anything I do for you.
Having you with me is my biggest happiness for my
whole life. If I can live
for the second time, still want to know you and have
you for my whole life.
Even though I have to drink the salty coffee again ,I
don't mind taking
that for you".
Her tears made the letter totally wet. Someday,
someone asked her: what's
the taste of salty coffee? It's sweet. She replied.
