How happy Frank was! He kept walking around with such a happy face and smiling at everyone. He just couldn’t believe his happiness. It seemed to him that he was just sleeping, and when he woke up, the reality would be quite different.
Everyone in the village thought he was very simple. Frank lived with his mother and he had never even met his father. No one in the village knew from whom his mother had given birth. The happiest moment in Frank’s life was to come very soon. He was to get married.
He could not believe that Barbara had agreed to marry him. When, as a Komsomol worker, Barbara came to their village, Frank saw her and immediately fell in love with her.
It was love at first sight. All the fellow villagers saw how he felt about Barbara. She, of course, also saw everything and knew perfectly well that Frank was in love with her. In her presence, Franck was at a loss: he would go pale, then blush, then even stammer.
And then he had the courage to confess his love to her.
– And what are you ready to do for me?
– Yes, I’m even ready to wash your feet and drink water after that!
– But I’m in love with another guy. We should get married to him!
– And I’ll still wait for you! – Frank answered her.
A whole year passed. Barbara found out that the man she loved so much just took her and betrayed her. He had married another girl. Barbara couldn’t understand how this happened or why. She felt so bad that she even lost a lot of weight. She walked all the time very sad and pale.
– What happened, Barbara? Who hurt you? – Frank asked her one day.
– You’ve been hurt! You said you were ready to marry me! You said you were ready to wash my feet and drink this water! Have you changed your mind, Frank? Barbara asked.
– No, I haven’t! Marry me! You won’t regret it!
They applied to the village council. And in just three weeks they were to be married. The news of this amazing news surprised all the villagers very much.
And so the wedding day was approaching. Barbara put on her dress and stood in front of the mirror. She suddenly realized that she was making a mistake, that she should not get married. She took off her dress and went to the village council.
– I want to withdraw my application! I changed my mind about getting married!
– What are you talking about?! The wedding is only two days away! I’ve got all the papers ready! You’re just nervous before the wedding. Don’t worry! Calm down! Everything’s gonna be fine.
And so the wedding day came. The bride looked very well, even her pallor suited her. Frank was so happy when they got married. They played the wedding. The wedding was not very merry. After all, everyone saw how sad the bride was at her own wedding.
Six months went by. A week before New Year’s Eve, Frank came home from work. And on the table waiting for him a note: “I left. Forgive me if you can!”
Frank went to his mother and cried:
– I was ready to wash her feet and drink this water! Why had she done this to me?
Frank didn’t understand that a woman can’t live with someone she doesn’t love.
