Subject: Re: Neither a Borrower nor Lender Be
From: Cecilia Baader (ceciliaann@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Mar 21 2000 - 12:19:07 EST
I wrote:
> > My sister has never read _The Catcher in the Rye_ and has asked me if I
> > would loan her my copy.
> >
> > Guess which one she's getting.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Cecilia.
>
To which Madhava replied:
>The maroon copy Cecilia? Is that all your *sister* is worth? Is that all
>you want to share with her? Mightn't she, then, never really get to have
>that chat with Luce about his Chinese girlfriend, or get beat up by the
>pimp. Or hear from Mr. Anton about the records other spititually and
>morally troubled people kept?
>
>Just make sure you give her what she really deserves.
>
>Love,
>Madhava
>
Ah, Madhava, don't you see?
I'm a terribly lucky person. My maroon-colored book is my Davega bicycle.
I can give it to people at will.
Giving something that I want to keep is wonderful... reminders of the loss,
however, pain me. But to do anything less would be more painful. I would
see that, er, maroon book on my shelf and be continually reminded that I had
been less than completely generous.
So it can only be the maroon book. But rest assured that I shall mourn it.
And my sister, like the kid in the park, can't know what it means. But I
shall.
Yes, indeed. I am very lucky.
Regards,
Cecilia.
(Many thanks to Paul, Bruce, Charlotte, will, and Madhava for their kind
responses to my silly little story.)
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