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June 6, 2022 8 Comments

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He was holding bouquets of roses. The signal turned red and he weaved his way through idling cars. He begged drivers and passengers to buy. The signal turned green and he returned dejected.

She walked up to him and took the flowers. When it turned red, she tapped a window. The passengers refused and she teared up. He couldn’t hear what she said, but could see her offering all five bouquets.

A woman in the back took all of them. She accepted the money and thanked the lady profusely.

She thrust the money into his hands.

“And that’s how it’s done.”

By Srividya Ganapathy

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  1. Kamala says

    June 6, 2022 at 5:21 am

    Well done Vidya. Keep going.

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  2. Helen C says

    June 6, 2022 at 7:06 am

    Lovely story!

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  3. Uma says

    June 6, 2022 at 8:18 am

    Very nice

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  4. Geetha ramadas says

    June 6, 2022 at 9:17 am

    Srividya, very simple and anecdotal. Lovely. Keep it going.

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  5. V Srinivasan says

    June 8, 2022 at 5:14 am

    You are truly a great observer Srividya. We all see this every day and you have seen through. Lovely!!!!

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  6. Sra says

    June 8, 2022 at 6:24 am

    Nice one and good title too!

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  7. Srividya says

    June 8, 2022 at 10:34 pm

    Thank you all!

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  8. Paul Lewthwaite says

    June 9, 2022 at 7:09 pm

    Good observational story. Liked the sassy ending. Would selling work as well as it did for her if the boy/man tried tearing up?

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