Saturday, October 17, 2009

"Hills Like White Elephants"


In this short story, a couple finds themselves arguing about a situation at a train station bar. They begin drinking two beers and the woman starts to daze off at the hills. She compares the hill to white elephants and the argument begins. The man tells her he has never seen a white elephant and she smarts off by saying, "No, you wouldn't have."
They begin arguing about silly things when the real problem comes to attention. "It's really an awfully simple operation, Jig," the man said, "It's really not an operation at all." "And if I do it you'll be happy and things will be like they were and you'll love me?" Jig said. "I love you now. You know I love you," the man said, "I said we can have everything. We can have the whole world. We can go everywhere. It's ours" "No, it isn't. And once they take it away, you never get it back," Jig said.
They have another beer and Jig orders the man to stop talking. The bar tender comes back and informs them that the train will arrive soon. The man takes their luggage to the train stop and when he comes back, he asks "Do you feel better?" "I feel fine," she said, "There's nothing wrong with me. I feel fine."

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