The Almond Story

One couple with their little son were living happily in a house. One day the wife found some almonds in a jar on the kitchen shelf. It was almost forgotten, kept deep behind. The wife was quite health conscious. She always used to prepare foods with less oil, less spice. She used to control and monitor her husband's food habits also. Drinking a lot of water was a must-to-do daily routine for that couple.

The wife was quite happy with this sudden discovery. She did not want to keep those almonds untouched anymore and want to empty the jar. It was late evening. The wife took a bowl and put all the almonds in that. Then she poured some water into it. Somewhere she read that soaked almonds are good for health. She did not want to miss the chance and waited for the next morning to come.

The next morning, the husband woke up first with the same daily habit of reading the magazine for some time. Meanwhile, he felt little hunger and rushed to the kitchen casually to find something suitable that he could manage until breakfast time.

He found those water-soaked almonds in a bowl. He grabbed it and started eating almonds one after another standing in the kitchen itself. At the same time, he was so mesmerized with one magazine story but not out of his sense. After a few seconds, he roughly counted almonds which were left by that time. He picked one or two and thought the rest will be finished by his wife. That's the true spirit of sharing between couples. His wife always used to sacrifice in case of any meals for her husband.

An hour passed by. The husband was working on the laptop. By that time his wife woke up. Suddenly she entered the room with that kitchen bowl in hand. It was not clear what was in the bowl. The husband lifted his chin from the laptop and tried to read his wife's face.

"Oh dear, I left some almonds for you also. How can you expect that I cannot care for you?"
It was true that the husband was not lying.

Hearing this, the wife was puzzled.
The wife then showed the bowl by tilting a little bit. Also, she could not hide her disappointment on her face.

To his surprise, the husband found that it was just one soaked almond left for his wife.

Actually, he thought his wife came to tell him that he should not leave too many almonds for her. She would be happy with few ones like it used to happen in other cases for granted.

The husband ate almost all almonds absent-mindedly and left just one. He could not even recall how just that happened.