THE BEST WOMAN
THE BEST WOMAN By E. L. TEDDY I have often heard men say- "Tell no woman, Not even your wife the key to your treasure house. Else, she will cook the best soup and you will sleep at the dining table." But why? And they said, she will return to the bush when she finally grows. "A woman is like a cat, No matter how she's fed, her eyes are still fixed to the pasture." I looked at dad- "Mum's not like that. I'm heading thirty, and she's still the same mum. Granny died in your father's house, in the same union. If your father grew old in this shell, What wealth his great yield took? In his dead soul is buried the key to wealth, to a treasure house. And here you are, struggling for help." I'm ready to do no such thing. So, I aim for the best woman. Do I know the best? "Yes." The Giver can work on it, And the best cannot look at the bush but the throne. And so, hiding my wealth is the same as losing my wealth. Because the day I ...