He met her on a party. She was so outstanding, many
guys chasing after her, while he was so normal,
nobody paid attention to him. At the end of the party,
he invited her to have coffee with him, she was
surprised, but due to being polite, she promised.
They sat in a nice coffee shop, he was too nervous to
say anything, she felt uncomfortable, she thought,
please, let me go home. Suddenly he asked the
waiter: "would you please give me some salt? I'd like
to put it in my coffee."
Everybody stared at him, so strange! His face turned
red, but, still, he put the salt in his coffee and drank
it. She asked him curiously : why you have this
hobby? He replied: "when I was a little boy, I was
living near the sea, I liked playing in the sea, I could
feel the taste of the sea ,just like the taste of the
salty coffee. Now every time I have the salty coffee, I
always think of my childhood, think of my home
town, I miss my home town so much, I miss my
parents who are still living there". While saying that
tears filled his eyes. She was deeply touched.
That's his true feeling, from the bottom of his heart.
A man who can tell out his homesickness, he must be
a man who loves home, cares about home, has
responsibility of home. Then she also started to
speak, spoke about her far away hometown, her
childhood, her family. That was a really nice talk, also
a beautiful beginning of their story.
They continued to date. She found that actually he
was a man who meets all her demands; he had
tolerance, was kind hearted, warm, careful. He was
such a good person but she almost missed him!
Thanks to his salty coffee!
Then the story was just like every beautiful love
story, the princess married to the prince, then they
were living the happy life...
And, every time she made coffee for him, she put
some salt in the coffee, as she knew that's the way
he liked it. After 40 years, he passed away, left her a
letter which said:" My dearest, please forgive me,
forgive my whole life lie. This was the only lie I said to
you---the salty coffee. Remember the first time we
dated? I was so nervous at that time, actually I
wanted some sugar, but I said salt it was hard for me
to change so I just went ahead. I never thought that
could be the start of our communication!
I tried to tell you the truth many times in my life, but
I was too afraid to do that, as I have promised not to
lie to you for anything.. Now I'm dying, I afraid of
nothing so I tell you the truth: I don't like the salty
coffee, what a strange bad taste..But I have had the
salty coffee for my whole life! Since I knew you, I
never feel sorry for anything I do for you. Having you
with me is my biggest happiness for my whole life. If
I can live for the second time, still want to know you
and have you for my whole life, even though I have to
drink the salty coffee again". Her tears made the
letter totally wet.
Someday, someone asked her: what's the taste of
salty coffee? It's sweet. She replied.
Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss and ends
with a tear.
