The Story of the Plumber.

The Story of the Plumber.

One morning a man went into his kitchen to make some coffee. While filling up the coffee canister with water, he noticed that water was seeping from underneath the sink. The man then placed the canister on the... counter and kneeled down to open the lower cabinet to see where the water was coming from. When he opened the cabinet door, he had seen that the water was leaking from the drain pipe underneath the sink. Not being a plumber himself, the man then decided to call a plumber to help fix his leaky pipes. Minutes later after calling for a plumber, the doorbell rang, and the man went to answer the door. When he opened the door to find out who rang the doorbell, the man realized that it was the plumber.

   Well, after introducing each other, the man then let the plumber in and walked him towards the kitchen sink to show him the leaking pipes. Once they stood in front of the kitchen sink, the plumber opened the cabinet door to see the problem himself. Once the plumber realized what the problem was, he then stood up, turned around and told the man, “Don’t worry sir, I’ll fix this problem for you.” The man was so happy that he was getting some help that day to fix his leaky pipes.

   After a while, the plumber walked out towards the living room to inform the man, that he finished fixing the pipes. Seconds later, the man’s wife shouted out, “Dinner is ready!” The man being grateful to the plumber asked the plumber if he wanted to join them for dinner, (to which the plumber replied), “Why sure, I can stay for dinner.”

After dinner the man then asked the plumber if he wanted to stick around for a beer or two, again to which the plumber replied “Sure, I’ll stay for a while and have a beer or two with you.” During the course of their first beer, the man’s wife said, “Honey I’m going to bed, good night everyone.” The husband replied, “Okay honey, I’ll be up there soon.”

Time went by, and the man and the plumber both started drinking heavily. This eventually led to the man telling the plumber that “If you feel you can’t drive home, you’re welcomed to stay and sleep it off on the living room couch.” The plumber of course agreed. So, the man brought the plumber a pillow, some sheets, and a blanket and then told the plumber, “Have a good night.” The plumber replied, “Thanks, you have a great night as well.”

The next day came. The man came down stairs thinking the plumber had already awakened and had left the home. To his surprise, the plumber was making breakfast in the man’s kitchen. “Wow!” said the man. “You’re making breakfast, how nice of you.” The plumber then replied, “No problem, since I got up early this morning, I also brought the newspaper in and thought that I’d also do you a favor for what you’ve done for me last night by allowing me to stay for dinner, have a couple of beers, and then stay for the night to sleep it off.” I though after all that, the least I could do was bring your paper in and make breakfast for you.

   Just a short time had passed when the man’s wife came downstairs and surprised as well that the plumber was still in their home. Her husband had told her of what the nice plumber had done for them as a returning favor for what they provided him the night before. The wife then said, “Thank you sir for doing what you have done for us this morning.” They all sat down and had breakfast together, and time again had passed. Before you knew it, the plumber then said, “Hey, since I’m here would you like for me to make you lunch?” The couple replied, “Why not, since you’re here already that sounds like a great idea.”

Time and situation again repeated itself with dinner, a couple of beers and then sleeping it off later in the evening. This eventually repeated itself for a couple of weeks before the wife finally said, “Sir, don’t you think that you should go home?” To which the plumber replied, “Why should I, I kind of like living here.” The man’s wife was surprised and troubled with the plumber’s response. Later during the afternoon, the wife then told her husband to meet her upstairs in the bedroom so they could discuss how to get rid of the plumber.” After meeting in the bedroom and the man and wife both talked about the problem they had in trying to get rid of the plumber, they both agreed that the husband should go back downstairs to tell the plumber that he “had to leave.” The man did what he was sent downstairs to do, which was to tell the plumber that he had to leave, but after hearing what the man said, the plumber said, “I’m not leaving here, I kinda like it.”

In case anyone has missed the cast of characters and the stage prop in this story, here they are: 1)The plumber was played by the Estados Unidos; 2) The house stage prop is “Guahan; 3) the leaking pipe was played by the then Imperial soldiers of Japan; 4) finally, both the husband and wife were, and still are played by the Chamorus.

   The moral of this story is, “it is time for the plumber to leave the house." Why? The leaking pipes are “already fixed and there is no more need of a plumber.”

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