Elias's Fence by Steinberg Anne & Tolkien Nicholas

Author:Steinberg, Anne & Tolkien, Nicholas [Steinberg, Anne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-04-07T07:00:00+00:00

Out of the window, she saw Anderson in the yard opening the paint cans. Still in his suit, he reached for a brush and lovingly began painting the tool shed again. A strange sight - this tall, well-groomed husband of hers, in his suit and tie, painting at least the fiftieth coat of paint that she knew of. Strange, this habit of his.

She walked out into the dusk and paused at his side. He continued to paint the wood siding. She looked down at the cans side by side - one white, one black. He noticed her gaze and stopped painting to look at her, his eyes excited.

"You know something, Christine, there is a very simple principle working in the world today that people never think about. Watch."

He dipped the brush into the black paint, moved it around, let several dribbles fall into the can of vivid white, and then stirred it vigorously with the stick.

"See..." he pointed as if it were the most important fact in the world. The swirls had turned the paint into an unpleasant grey. "Now take this can," - he pointed to the black. "I would need gallons and gallons of white to even change this color minutely."

She stared at the cans stupidly. What was the point?

"No one ever thinks about that," he said nodding as he picked up his brush and with even strokes began again painting the tool shed.

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