It was one week from Della's 30th birthday and Jim didn't have enough money to buy her a present.
"Well," Jim thought, "if I don't have a watch then why should I have a chain for one?" So, he sold his watch chain in order to have money for Della's present. "Now, what do I buy Della?" he asked himself. "I think I'll go to the flea market and look for something, because one little rusty old chain won't buy me very much," Jim stated
as he started riding his bicycle to the market. At the market Jim found many things, some very pretty and expensive, some very pretty and cheap, and some just plain ugly things that had been there awhile and always would be until they were finally thrown away. "Omigosh, is that DDDDeeDDDe...?" Jim stuttered in astonishment. Was what he had seen real? Or was he just jumping to conclusions? …
