Reader's Digest 2月号の記事 "LIFE in these United States" からの引用です。
My grandfather was frugal to the end. As he lay dying, surrounded by his children, he warned, "If you kids spend more than $500 for a casket, I'll kick the lid off."
"Dad," my father said in a reassuring tone, "for $500, you don't get a lid."
My grandfather was frugal to the end. As he lay dying, surrounded by his children, he warned, "If you kids spend more than $500 for a casket, I'll kick the lid off."
"Dad," my father said in a reassuring tone, "for $500, you don't get a lid."