By the time the soldier pulled into the little town, every hotel room was taken.
“You’ve got to have a room somewhere,” he pleaded with a proprietor.
“Well, I do have a double room with one occupant,but he’s an Air Force guy,” admitted the manager, “and he might be glad to split the cost. But to tell you the truth, he snores so loudly that people in adjoining rooms have complained in the past. I’m not sure it’d be worth it to you.”
No problem," the tired Army guy assured
him, “I’ll take it.”
The next morning the soldier came down to breakfast bright-eyed and bushy tailed.
“How’d you sleep?”, asked the manager.
“Never better,” said the soldier.
The manager was impressed. “No problem with the other guy snoring all night long?”
“No, I shut him up in no time.” explained the
soldier.
“How’d you manage that?” asked the proprietor.
“Well, he was already in bed, snoring away, when I walked into the room, so I gave him a kiss on the cheek,” explained the soldier Then, I whispered in his ear, ‘Good night, beautiful.’ And he sat up all night
watching me."
Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of the waking man.