~Malayan Proverb
When I think
of "borrower," I immediately remember the fantasy novel that I read
as a child titled "The Borrowers" by English author Mary Norton. The "borrowers" were a family of
small people who lived secretly in a house of big people and borrowed whatever
they needed from the regular house inhabitants.
As far as I remember, the borrowers never returned anything.
And then
there is my very dear friend who is one of the most thoughtful borrowers
ever. Last weekend, we traveled together
to a school activity for our children and she borrowed a top of mine during the
trip. (It looked much better on her than
on me.) When she returned it a few days
later, she had washed it, folded it in tissue paper and put it in a store bag. It looked like a gift! And to top it off, she gave me a bouquet of
my favorite flowers to thank me for lending her the top. I am not sure that any borrower could be
kinder.
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