nuparadigm wrote:Great story, but I guess I'll be the one to say it: it's a little too perfect.
I think it seems "too perfect" because it is actually well written. But on the other hand surely we have all at sometime or another in our lifes helped a fellow human, whether it involved a gun or not. Sometimes just the presence of a good guy or "non badguy" is all it takes. A few months back I watched a man going door to door on my street. So I rode over on my horse and drew down on him. Just kidding. I calmly watched him from my own yard for a while and when he knocked on the door across the street (and one house over) my elderly female neighbor (sigh) opened the door. I couldn't hear what they were talking about, but it was clear he was doing most of the talking and she obviously wanted him to leave. So Istood in my driveway and shouted a nice, warm, neighborly greeting to her and waved. They both looked at me, he seemed rather startled, finished his conversation in a hurry and left. I watched him as he walked down the street - he wasn't knocking on any more doors. Mrs. X (my neighbor) came over and thanked me and said she was scared and so happy I was there for her (warm fuzzys everywhere)
Heres the punchline: He was telling her was a great guy he was and that he was handy around the house and he was looking for a wife!