A Choice Too Late

A boy was looking for his girlfriend when an old, frightening man came toward him.

The man handed the boy a piece of paper. Written on it were the words: “Would you give

your sight to save the life of your beloved?” The boy read it and raised his head,

but the old man had disappeared. The boy imagined how difficult it would be to live

without seeing anything. He thought for a moment and then wrote on the paper: “No,

I can’t.” The boy waited and waited. He called his girlfriend, but she didn’t answer.

Worried, he went to her house. On the way, he found her dead body.

Next to her lay the same piece of paper. He picked it up and read the text: