by ribuck » Tue 15 Aug, 2017 2:23 am
Tom and Harry walked from Govetts Leap, and arrived at Acacia Flat campsite just as a huge storm broke and the heavens opened. What's worse, they discovered that they had forgotten to pack their tent.
The only other person at the campsite was a very attractive lady who had a tent that seemed easily big enough for them all, so Tom and Harry asked her if they might share it.
"I realise it's terrible weather outside and I have this huge tent all to myself, but I'm recently widowed," she explained. "I'm afraid I just couldn't let you stay in my tent."
"Don't worry," Tom replied. "We'll be happy to sleep in the vestibule. And we'll be gone at first light, so you can still cook your breakfast there."
The lady agreed, and the two men squeezed into the vestibule and settled in for the night. Come morning, the weather had improved and, as promised, they got on their way and enjoyed a great walk out back to Govetts.
Nine months later, Harry got an unexpected letter from a lawyer. It took him a few minutes to figure it out, but he finally determined that it was about the attractive widow they had met while bushwalking.
He phoned his friend Tom and asked, "Tom, do you remember that good-looking widow who let us sleep in her tent vestibule when we were walking in the Grose Valley?"
"I sure do."
"Did you happen to get up in the middle of the night, and pay her a visit in her tent?"
"Yes," Tom said, a little embarrassed about being found out. "I have to admit that I did."
"And did you happen to use my name instead of telling her yours?"
There was silence on the line for a moment or two then Tom said, "Yeah, sorry pal. I'm afraid I did. Why do you ask?"
"She just died and left me everything!"