"Why didn't you tell us?"
"Well, we were told not to."
"This is so sad. You all should have at least told us."
"See what could we do? He wanted it this way."
"Very sad. We feel so bad now you know."
"I know. We feel the same too."
"I can't understand. Why weren't we told?"
Irritated though we were, we tried to convince them - for the third time - in a manner as gentle as possible, that:
But they came back to the same question: "Why didn't you tell us?"
This time, we just kept quiet. We decided to keep time.
"Hello hello?"
"Oh yes, we're here. We were just seeing the time."
"Oh okay. You all have to go out?"
"Yes, actually" and I then did the 'honest' laugh.
"Oh alright, okay okay. So sorry. It's just that- Well, so when's the month's mind?"
"October 7th."
"Oh okay. Thank you so much."
"No problem. Buhbye."
"Well, we were told not to."
"This is so sad. You all should have at least told us."
"See what could we do? He wanted it this way."
"Very sad. We feel so bad now you know."
"I know. We feel the same too."
"I can't understand. Why weren't we told?"
Irritated though we were, we tried to convince them - for the third time - in a manner as gentle as possible, that:
- We had no say in the matter.
- He ordered us not to breathe a word; and
- We could not convince him otherwise.
But they came back to the same question: "Why didn't you tell us?"
This time, we just kept quiet. We decided to keep time.
"Hello hello?"
"Oh yes, we're here. We were just seeing the time."
"Oh okay. You all have to go out?"
"Yes, actually" and I then did the 'honest' laugh.
"Oh alright, okay okay. So sorry. It's just that- Well, so when's the month's mind?"
"October 7th."
"Oh okay. Thank you so much."
"No problem. Buhbye."
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