Death comes slowly
Sam lived with his grandmother and he had a pet cat. Once he
was going to Europe on a trip. Before leaving, he told his best friend to
inform him if there was an emergency at home.
A few days after sam left, his pet cat climbed the roof probably
looking for some adventure or simply for food. Unfortunately he fell and died
instantly. Sam’s buddy immediately sent him a message, ‘your cat died!’
Sam rushed back, looking shocked and sullen. The aggrieved
man yelled at his friend for being indiscreet. He told his friend that knowing
how much he loved his cat he should have broken the shocking news gradually. “You
should have sent a message first saying, ‘your cat climbed the roof today’ and
the following day you should have said ‘it fell from the roof’ and only finally
broken the bad news”, he said.
After a few days of mourning,
the man left home to continue his journey. He had hardly resumed his
journey when he got a message from his friend, “your grandmother climbed up the
roof today.”