Ngambo Ngali
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- Apr 17, 2009
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Mildred, the church gossip, and self-appointed monitor of the church's
morals, kept sticking her nose into other people's business.
Several members did not approve of her extra curricular activities, but
feared her enough to maintain their silence.
She made a mistake, however, when she accused George, a new member, of being
an alcoholic after she saw his old pick-up parked in front of the town's
only bar one afternoon.
She emphatically told George (and several others) that everyone seeing it
there would know what he was doing.
George, a man of few words, stared at her for a moment and just turned and
walked away.
He didn't explain, defend, or deny.
He said nothing.
Later that evening, George quietly parked his pick-up in front of Mildred's
house....... walked home............................ and left it there all
night.
morals, kept sticking her nose into other people's business.
Several members did not approve of her extra curricular activities, but
feared her enough to maintain their silence.
She made a mistake, however, when she accused George, a new member, of being
an alcoholic after she saw his old pick-up parked in front of the town's
only bar one afternoon.
She emphatically told George (and several others) that everyone seeing it
there would know what he was doing.
George, a man of few words, stared at her for a moment and just turned and
walked away.
He didn't explain, defend, or deny.
He said nothing.
Later that evening, George quietly parked his pick-up in front of Mildred's
house....... walked home............................ and left it there all
night.
