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Two Old Women: Book Review

One day, I was browsing the bookshelves of my local library looking for something interesting to read. There’s one particular shelf in an adult section of the library that I like to browse all the time, and it’s one that has books of myth, folklore, and fairytales . I eventually found a book that I had never heard of or read before; Two Old Women . Two Old Women is a book written by Velma Wallis . It is an Alaskan legend of the Gwich’in people that Wallis’s mother told her after they had finished collecting firewood (p. xi). According to Wallis, her mother had told her this story because of an earlier conversation they had while collecting firewood (p. X.) Wallis was amazed by the fact that her mother still collected her own firewood despite being in her early fifties, and despite the work being physically difficult for her (p. xii) According to Wallis, the elders amongst her people would work until they couldn’t move or until they died (p. xii). After talking about these things, her ...

Rick the Balloon Man

 “Would you like a balloon?” Rick the balloon man asked. “It’s only 25 cents.”

“Yes, please,” Vanessa said.

Rick took out a balloon from his pocket and gave it to her.

Vanessa looked at it in confusion. “Uh, it’s not inflated.”

“Oh, you wanted an inflated balloon?”

“Well, yeah.”

“That’ll be 20 bucks.”

“Wait, what?! 20 bucks!?”

“Yes. And it’ll be an extra 5 bucks for the string.”

“What on earth makes you think people are going to pay 25 bucks for one balloon?”

“I mean, it has worked before. I had lots and lots of customers eager to buy my balloons.” He rubbed his chin. “Then again, I did hold them at gunpoint.”

“You did what!?”

“That was the perfect marketing strategy. Too bad I had my gun license taken away. Oh well, I’ll lower the price. You can have an inflated balloon with the string for 2 dollars. How ‘bout it?”

“On second thought, I change my mind. Have a nice day.”


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