The man was seen from behind wearing a pink shirt and a brown hat. He was carrying a bundle of calla lilies on his right shoulder and another bundle under his left arm. Willow had never seen a calla lily before, and was therefore overwhelmed by the beauty nature has ones more proved itself capable of. Being incurably curious, Willow started to wonder who the man was and where he was going with all those elegant flowers. Maybe he was a poor lily-gardener on his way to the market, hoping to get a good price for his flowers so that his children would not go hungry. Maybe he was going to the colonial church up on the hill, to offer the lilies to Virgin Mary while praying for a better life. Or maybe he was going home to surprise his beloved wife with her favourite flowers on their 10th wedding anniversary. Willow never found out, but the memory of the man in the pink shirt and the brown hat is always with her.
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Or maybe the lilly-gardener was robbed on his way to church, by the priest who was on his way to his secret male lover..:P
Have a nice weekend with your mother, and if you have plans about visiting IKEA..I'm going there next week.
Mr Hanson
He was probably on his way home... to his boyfriend...
"Al Qaeda hides biological weapons in flowers..."
We're all deliberately missing the point, poor Willow.
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