It was holiday season, and I was back at my forest cottage.
I saw my neighbour, old man Nelson chopping up wood. I greeted him.
“Hey Mr. Nelson! Good to see you again.”
In his typical style, he grunted at me.
“Why do you continue chopping up the firewood, even now? There are better options available. You can switch to electric heating.”
He wiped the beads of sweat off from his forehead and gruffly replied.
“You kids of today won’t understand.”
I smiled at him.
“Come on, Mr. Nelson. I’m sur I will understand if you tell me.”
Old man Nelson rested his arms on the axe.
“Look kid, I believe in giving every guest that visits my lodge an authentic experience. A fireplace is a part of that experience.”
I nodded at while smiling to myself. I guessed that the bad food and the lack of services were also a part of cheap lodging experience…
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Nice one; chuckle-worthy. 🙂
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Thank You! 🙂
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A fire place is original experience. May be he has fallen into bad times.
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That it is! 🙂
Maybe the mindset of the customers is changing…
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A fine fire covers a lot of faults it seems
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For a certain clientele, it does work out! 🙂
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I am sure he would not serve bad food 🙂 well written
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That is true! 😉
Thanks so much! 😀
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You author well, this bears more telling, so – next piece 🙂
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Thanks so much! 😀
I had not thought of a next piece, but it does give me an idea! 🙂
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Right, glad to hear that, the first bit was great.
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😀 😀
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A log fire is a place to dream in front of. Dreams always obscure reality. A nice take on the prompt. 😊
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Thanks so much, John! 🙂
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