[SEL] Didn't want to sell

[Frank DeWitt]

My wife and I left a bible study and drove down a back road we had 
never been on before.  We passed a piece of land so beautiful we 
stopped and stared.  I remembered my dad saying a realtor told him 
1/3 of all homes and land are for sale if you just ask. My wife 
thought I had lost it but I wrote down the name on the posted sign 
and looked it up in the phone book.  A woman answered, and when I 
asked for the man she asked why.  I told her that I saw the land and 
thought I would check to see if it might be for sale.  There was a 
long pause and she said The owner was my husband, he died 
yesterday.  I apologized and told her I had no idea but given the 
circumstances I was sorry I called and said goodbye.  She asked if I 
would like to leave my name and I said no, I was out of line and 
would just go away.  She said it was clear I didn't know and go ahead 
and leave my name.  A few weeks later we settled on a price and made 
a private deal and I bought it.  The following spring I was mowing 
the lawn and a man stopped and asked me who I was, I told him and he 
asked why I was mowing THIS lawn. I told him because it was mine and 
it needed it.  He said I called that man every spring and offered to 
buy this land and he said he would never sell it as long as he was 
alive. I replied He died

We live there now.

  Frank DeWitt

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