A young wife, beautiful and well dressed in a neatly ironed saree, wearing terracotta jewellery is fiddling through the aisles of a gift shop searching for the perfect gift to present to her husband on their wedding anniversary. The shopkeeper watching her for quite some time approaches her to help her out.
He says, “Confused? Ki
present deben bujhtey parchen na?
She says, “Haan...
asholey notun biye hoyeche toh tai thik sure na...”
He says, “Let me help
you. Edike ashun... Look at this fine hand-crafted flower vase. Imported from
China. High quality ceramic item!”, holding the vase in his hand with a
large smile on his face.
She says, “Na...
asholey barite onek kota flower vase ache... Onno kichu dekhan...”
He puts down the vase and continues, “Accha tahole edike ashun. Ei French Perfume ta dekhte paren. Notun
dampotto jiboney this is a very essential item. And the perfect anniversary
gift!”
She hesitates a bit and says, “Hmm... kintu o na perfume makha ta ekdom pocchondo kore na. Boley ey
shob naki meyeder jonno.”
The shopkeeper slightly disappointed keeps down the perfume
from his hand and says, “Oh accha...
tahole ekta bhalo Italian leather er designer wallet dekhai?”
She smiles and says,
“Amader biye te amra etogulo wallet peyechi je onnoder ekhon biliye dite hobe!”
Like this the shopkeeper keeping his calm, walks her around almost every aisle of the shop trying to sell her every item available which would be a suitable anniversary gift for her husband. But she finds an excuse every time saying that they already have all those items at their home and that she is looking for something different and unique. Finally the shopkeeper takes her to the book section and tells her,
“Shob cheye unique
gift ki janen? A good book by a good author. Pochhondo moto ekta bhalo golper
boi kine nin. Er cheye bhalo gift idea ar hoyto apna ke keu debe na. He he
he...”
With a slight disappointed look on her face, she says, “Naah! Asholey amader kache na ekta golper boi
o ache. Ei biye tei or ek bondhu okey gift korechilo!”
The reaction of the shopkeeper need not be described but evidently she was not really the person he was expecting to interact with when he had first approached her.
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About a year later from that day, the same lady visits the
same shop once more, and the shopkeeper recognizes her at the first glance. She
smiles at him and he reciprocates in the same manner asking her, “Bhalo achen? Ebarer anniversary te ki deben
thik korechen? Naki ekhono thik koren ni?”
She smiles shyly and says, “Anniversary kalke chilo. Asholey ebarey o amake ekta lamp shade gift
koreche. Tai bhablam nijer jonno ekta golper boi kinei ni. Tahole lamp shade ta
khub bhalo use hobe. Ki bolen?”
Just like the previous time, the shopkeeper was again left speechless, not sure how he should react to the words of this attractive, young and beautiful lady standing right in front, waiting for a response from him.
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