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Tuesday 23 May 2017

The Borrower

"Sorry, but you've reached your limit," the librarian told him.
"What do you mean?"
"It says here you've already got ten books."
"Yes, that's right."
"Well, ten is the limit."
"How is that fair?"
"It's plenty fair. Most libraries won't let you borrow that many at once."
"It's ridiculous. I've got ten books and you've got thousands. How is that fair in any way?"
The librarian had no answer. It wasn't the kind of question she had been trained to answer.
"I'm just going to take these."
The man picked up his pile of books and headed for the door.
He didn't notice the librarian running up behind him until she rugby tackled him and caused the books to drop in every which direction.


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