Therewasanoldmanwhosefamilycouldnolongeraffordtotakecareofhim.Sothefamilydecidedthatanusringfortheagedwouldbeappropriate.
Ofcoursetheoldmanrejectedtheidea,butnosoonerhewasconvincedthatitwastherightthingtodo.Onhisfirstdayatthehome,hespentmostofhistimelayinginbedreflectingonlife,feelinglonely.Awhilelater,anorderlystoppedbytoseeehowtheoldman‘sfirstdaywasgoing.
"Howyoudoingtoday?",shesaidtotheoldman,"FirstdayIsee".TheOldmanrepliedwithanod.
Innotimethetwobegantalkingupastorm.Astheconversationbegantodragon,theorderlywaseyeingtheroomfilledwithfreshflowers,cardsandballoonsfromfriendsandrelatives.Shenoticedabowlfullofpeanutssittingontopofthetablenexttothebed,andhelpherselftoahandful.
Asthetwocontinuedtoconversewitheachother,theorderlykepteatingmorehelpingsofthepeanuts.Shelookatherwatchandnoticedthatnearly2hourshadpassedandsaid,"Mygoodness,thetimehasgonebyquickly.Ihavetotendtootherpeopleheretoo.""That‘sokay.",saidtheoldman,"Ifeelsomuchbetterbeingabletotalktosomeone."Lookingintothebowltheorderlysaid,"Ifeelawful!Iatealmostallofyourpeanuts!"Theoldmanresponded,"That‘sokay.EversinceIgotthesefalseteeth,allIcoulddowassuckthechocolateoffofthemanyhow."