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Gerold's Garden Shed
Last week, my good
friend Gerold told me the story of his new garden shed. The shed
itself was nothing unusual; but, its story is very unusual. The
story of Gerold's shed.
The shed was
delivered in pieces. A kit. All Gerold had to do was put it
together. And so, that same afternoon, Gerold and two of his
friends began this very simple job. And, all went according to plan.
And then, came the
time to put on the roof. Four walls were steadily standing. Soon,
afternoon tea and a well deserved rest. Gerold and his friends were
proud of what they were doing.
With one man at each
corner and others inbetween, the roof was carefully lifted. It was
slid into place. But, something was wrong. There was no way of
fixing the roof to the rest of the shed. Gerold and his friends were
totally confused. They looked at the shed, they looked at the plans,
they walked round the shed at least four or five times, and then they
looked at the plans once again. They just didn't understand.
Putting up a shed was meant to be child's play. But Gerald and his
friends were no longer children.
And then, just at
that moment, Erica, Gerold's wife, came out of the house. And, she
saw the problem at once. Gerold and his friends had put up the shed
upside down! The top was at the bottom and the bottom was up at the
top.
The shed had to be
turned up the right way. And, this took a very long time. The shed
wasn't so steady as believed, and the shed seemed to have a mind of
its own. But, all's well that ends well. With one door and one window
and the roof fixed firmly in place, the shed was now ready and
waiting for spades and forks and other garden tools. Then came the
time for the final inspection.
Erica, Gerold's
wife, came out of the house once again. And, Gerold and his friends
just couldn't believe what they heard. The shed was in the wrong
place! It should have been built in the opposite corner. The shed
needed moving. But, it would have to wait until the next day. The
sun was beginning to set.
The moving of the
shed was easier than expected. The job was finished by lunch time.
In total, one and a half days for a three hour job. Gerold and his
friends had established a new very slow record for putting up a
shed. And, Erica, Gerold's wife, was happy as well. And, everyone
enjoyed Erica's goulash. Beer and a goulash. A great way of ending
a job, and a wonderful way of ending a story.
Last week, Gerold
and his friends put up a shed. They're never going to do it again.
One shed is enough! Gerold's upside down garden shed. A
story that's now very funny.
Gerold's and Erica's house in Vienna - Before the new shed
