Just Rannin' Around

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Going, going gone

Nervously she looked around the room. Although she knew that she had nothing to worry about, she still couldn’t help but anticipate what she was about to do. It was her auction item; something that she had put up for years. There had been a few buyers over the years, but the item was always returned to her and she always put it back onto the auction block. It was out of habit that she had placed it there again after the last time it was returned. Really she hadn’t meant to do it.

When the last purchaser showed up to return the item, he had been so kind. He had taken extra care to make sure that she knew how valuable the item was and that it wasn’t a lack of wanting to own it, but that he didn’t feel as if he deserved it since he didn’t have other items that he felt he needed in order for it really fit in with all that he did possess. Looking closely she noticed that he had altered it from how he had purchased it and questioned him concerning the new alterations. See she was used to it coming back altered, however this time it seemed to have been done with purposeful care.

While still admiring the item, he lovingly detailed that the changes were made because he really couldn’t bear to think of someone else owning the item. So he had deliberately made alterations that would make it more difficult for anyone else to obtain the item. Examining closely, she realized that he was right. The item now required more attention to the small details he had placed in it and had somehow even enlarged it a bit. It was all very clever on his part, even though he knew that he would never again own the item. Only after quite some time continuing to cling to the item, did he reluctantly relinquished it back into her possession. Hard to believe that almost two years had already passed.

With the pounding of the gavel and appearance of her item, she shifted her attention back to the present. Quickly she glanced around the room one more time, almost allowing hope to fill her. The item went quickly. It always does when there is but one bidder.

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