Generosity
There was a woman from Dallas who had diamonds for eyes. Everywhere she went she bought things on credit: portraits of dogs painted with chocolate and gold leaf, hot air balloons she kept deflated in her storage shed, the marinated meat of an entire cow for her vegetarian brother. (After all, money is not an issue when you have diamonds for eyes.)
Her two daughters came to visit to ask her for money. But when the woman opened the door for her little girls, she didn’t see two but twelve desperate faces, twenty-four hands reaching out for help. But the woman did not realize her diamonds were playing tricks on her.
She panicked and slammed the door, then went and hid under her solid sapphire bed. Once safe and calm, she decided to send gifts to two of the girls out of the kindness of her heart. To one she would send a life-size unicorn statue made entirely of fondant icing. To the other she would send a gift certificate for a year’s supply of birthday cake candles and purple silk ribbon.
As a reward to herself for being so giving, she bought a small cruise ship and parked it in her driveway with its bow facing out to the street.
