🙂 Greetings to the new and permanent “inhabitants” of this site! One day, over a cup of tea, a colleague of mine recounted an incredible incident during a funeral that horrified everyone around him. Let’s call this curious story “The Humpbacked Grave Will Fix”.
“My dad is a former artillery officer. He fought, after the war he graduated from the pedagogical institute, then received a second higher education. I have seen everything in my life, I was never afraid of anything. We, daughters, have always been taught: “Girls! Do not be afraid of the dead, be afraid of the living. ” And this is what happened to him.
When he was retired, dad lived in his own home. And in the next house died a 90-year-old grandmother, who walked with a stick, bent in half. Her daughter-in-law came to dad and asked:
– Petrovich! Help us put the mother-in-law in the coffin. The women and I washed her, changed her clothes, but we cannot unbend. All male neighbors are at work.
Well, daddy went …
He began to command women:
– Well, girls, they took it! I am under the arms, and you are by the legs. And… and… and again! And they carried it to the coffin! Now you grip your legs tighter, and I will try to straighten her by the shoulders.
As soon as he took it, and then … there was a terrible crunch of bones.
The women howled and rushed out of the house. Dad pushed everyone away, was the first to jump out into the street, and began to cross himself. The rest screamed and prayed.
They came to their senses for a long time, talked in a whisper. When they finally calmed down, dad suggested:
– Let’s enter carefully and take a look. Everyone slowly pulled into the house. Dad was the last to enter. As a true gentleman, let the ladies go ahead! The old woman lay evenly in the coffin with a serene face, her hands on her chest, as expected. And then dad gave a sample of black humor:
– They say the truth, the grave will fix the hunchback.
The old woman was buried, and she rests in peace in the cemetery. “
Mom’s socks
The second story about my mother’s socks was told to me by a neighbor, and I will tell you:
“My mom passed away 10 years ago. She died suddenly. Six months after her death, I had to rent (I will not say why) a small apartment with stove heating. When the cold weather set in, it turned out that it was dangerous to heat the stove. I had to live in a cold room: the heater did not save me.
And somehow I had a dream: my mother came. She said quietly:
– Why didn’t you wear the socks I tied? It will be warmer.
Through half-closed eyelids, I saw my mother sit down on my bed and put new knitted socks on my feet. After that, I fell into a deep sleep, in which I felt incredibly warm and comfortable. In the morning, I was one hundred percent sure that the socks were on me, but, throwing back the blanket, I did not find them. But I will never forget that feeling of warmth. “
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