The Man and the Woman

A man and a woman went to a market where many different foods of the world were gathered and sold. The market was crowded with people looking for interesting and delicious things to eat. The man was hungry and eager to eat something, but the woman was determined that they should sample something different.

"I think I will have a cup of corn," said the man, as he saw buttered and salted steamed sweet corn kernels sold in cups. They are always delicious, he thought.

"Oh come on! That is sold everywhere, we can always eat it at the food stall near our home. It is rare that we should come to this market. We should try something different!" with that, the woman pulled the man away by the hand and led him to go further into the market.

Along the way they remarked at many strange looking food and commented on many other familiar looking ones. Until they came upon a Turkish food stall that displayed two grand looking spits of doner kebabs.

"How about that?" asked the man.

"Oh, but you can eat that at the Turkish restaurant that we always eat at," said the woman.

"Which restaurant?"

"Never mind, I know where we could get to eat that. Let's look for something more exotic." Then she led him away again as he looked at the kebabs with puzzlement.

"Let's eat that," the man said, pointing at some African food stall, where they too, had roast meat on a vertical spit.

"Okay," the woman agreed at last. Alas! There was nobody tending at the stall, and a sign says that the African cooks were on a break. The man was disappointed, but the woman led him away again. He took a deep breath at a popcorn stand, and the woman said, "Don't tell me you want to eat popcorn!" And she briefly wondered why he wanted to eat corn so much.

By the time they walked past some pubs that were showcasing afternoon beers, they were tired and disoriented by the bustling crowd. She sneaked a look at the available bar stools and thought of how nice it would be to sit down now, she was feeling a little dizzy from all this. Then the man said,

"Let's just get out of here and go to some Macdonald's and have fries."

"You sure?"

"Yeah. I have a sudden craving for fries."

She too, realised the vanity of the pursuit and abandoned it.