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The night before she married the man chosen by her parents, she wrote the name of the man she loved in the sand and watched the ocean embrace it. Overhead, an albatross soared.
Fearing infidelity, the husband hired an assassin.
Weeks later, the assassin returned his fee.
'Every time I approached,' he said, 'A shimmering mist enveloped my target and the beating of wings filled the air. I refuse to murder a man so protected.'
'Coward!' screamed the husband, extracting a gun of his own but the assassin was quicker.
He fled, seen by no-one but an albatross soaring overhead.
Fearing infidelity, the husband hired an assassin.
Weeks later, the assassin returned his fee.
'Every time I approached,' he said, 'A shimmering mist enveloped my target and the beating of wings filled the air. I refuse to murder a man so protected.'
'Coward!' screamed the husband, extracting a gun of his own but the assassin was quicker.
He fled, seen by no-one but an albatross soaring overhead.
