– Don’t you think something strange has been happening lately? – Ben asked his wife one evening after work, – all sorts of nonsense is falling one after another! Three people quit my car service today, leaving me and Alex to take care of everything. How we will get all the orders, now I can not even imagine. We’ll lose the clientele!
– Don’t tell me, – Polly washed the dishes after dinner, – it’s a pleasure. Soon my birthday, then New Year, and my mood is at zero. Today the glass door burst in the oven. Yesterday I lost the bracelet you gave me, so sorry. And our cat is not well! The vet said that everything is not very good. Can you imagine? – Polly’s eyes welled up with tears:
– Why is it so? You try, you try, and suddenly everything starts to fall apart? It seems to be worse, but when one thing after another does not get along, it is also very depressing, some hopelessness. By the way, the boss said that we are in the red, there will be no bonus.
– Well, darling, we will cope with it, the main thing is that we are together, – Ben smiled, – and by the way, my grandmother always said that any failure leads to success! I think everything will be fine, but we need to understand what is going on. Because my grandmother also said that nothing just happens!
– I remember, I remember, – Polly smiled through her tears, – your beloved grandmother taught you a lot, – that garbage, for example, should not be thrown away in the evening, that you should not give a watch, that you should not pick up anything at the intersection! And what about a rusty nail or an elbow?” Polly was even a little amused, “don’t you think that all this is superstition? Or have you already become like an old superstitious boring old man?
– Well, well, – Ben squinted, – and let’s check? Do you think our ancestors were so stupid that they could attract money and protect themselves from misfortunes? Well, look, a month ago all our affairs were going uphill. And two, and three months ago were going up. What changed?
And Polly and Ben began to remember when suddenly trouble fell on them. But there was nothing to hold on to.
– By the way, when did you invite your school friends to us? A month ago. This dark Olivia seemed to be asking all the time “Oh, is your smart TV so big? Oh, Polly, what a nice bracelet you have!” Oh, wow! And she kept stroking our cat and looking enviously in all directions!
– Well, Ben, do you believe in all this? Come on, it’s all a lie!
– You think so, – Ben smiled, – you know, I might not believe it if I had not experienced it myself. But my grandmother taught me something, so let’s bet, is it a lie or not? And I will arrange such a test for her that everything will become clear at once!
– And what shall we bet?” Polly was sure that she was right.
– Well, come on, if I lose, then in the spring we will go on a trip, as you wanted. I’ll have to work hard, of course, you see what the situation is at work, money sucks!
– Well, – Polly smiled, – and if I lose?
– Ooooh, if you lose, you won’t be able to pay me back, – and Ben hugged her jokingly.
– Well, seriously, – Polly replied laughing, – what do you want?
– Really? – Ben stroked the cat lying on the next chair, – seriously, you promised long ago that we would get a dog. The cat is bored, he even got sick from boredom! But everything will be fine, I’m sure! So I want a dog.
– I agree, – Polly was already anticipating victory, – but what is the test?
– And this is a grandmother’s secret, I can not tell you, but you will soon see everything yourself.
A week later Polly and Ben invited their friends to her birthday party. They also invited her friends.
Everyone came on time, only Olivia was missing.
– Girls, – Polly was in a great mood, the dress fitted her slender figure beautifully, on her wrist was a new, though more modest bracelet – a gift from her husband, – but where is Olivia? Didn’t she go with you?
– We didn’t understand it ourselves, – Svitlana answered surprised, – we all met near the subway, Olivia was with us. She was cheerful, elegant. We approached the entrance, Olivia suddenly got worried. Her mascara seemed to run. Then we were riding in the elevator, Olivia started to hiccup, she was strange. And we came to your door, she turned pale, grabbed the phone, said she missed a call, her mother called her, she had to run somewhere. And she ran down the stairs, did not even call the elevator. Honestly, we did not understand what was wrong with her?
– Well, let’s not wait, please come to the table, maybe she will come back, – Ben made an inviting gesture, and he looked triumphantly at Polly.
The holiday was wonderful. Olivia never returned.
In the evening, after the guests left, Polly began to question Ben:
– Well, tell me, what was the reason why she could not enter our house? So she really has such an envious eye that she jinxed us then?
But Ben was adamant and never gave away his grandmother’s secret.
Their affairs soon went up. The cat recovered and looked with surprise at the clumsy puppy that appeared in their house.
And, despite the fact that Polly lost the argument, in the spring they still left the cat and puppy for a week with her parents and went on a short trip. What can you not do for your beloved wife, especially when it turned out that they will soon have a baby.
And indeed, nothing just happens. Difficulties unite, so that even failures eventually lead to success.
You just need not to lose heart, to understand the situation and never forget what your grandmother taught you.
