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Revenge - That Old Chestnut

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a. a. gallagher
Writers’ Blokke
4 min readJun 20, 2021

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Revenge according to the Little Oxford Dictionary is to “satisfy oneself by retaliation: avenge: take vengeance: desire for vengeance: an act that satisfies this: revengeful — eager for revenge: vindictive “

Disclaimer: The stories I am telling you could well be urban legends, Chinese whispers even but really they are too good not to share! And the place of origin is just where the stories supposedly occurred. However having said this, this is just the stuff of legends urban and otherwise!

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What about that old chestnut? The one about the age-old “new” wife versus the “old” wife situation.

No ageist disrespect is meant here with the old versus new terminology; it is just to differentiate the order of marriage by the two women.

Well, it seems that under the divorce settlement the beautifully designed, lovingly appointed, the jointly-owned house had been awarded to the old husband and the new wife.

Now the old wife had put her all into the building of this house, and she had lovingly designed it right down to the last screw.

So feeling terribly upset and angry about her imminent enforced departure from her beautiful home, she sat alone eating her last meal of prawns and rice in what she saw as her house and as she…

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a. a. gallagher
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Written by a. a. gallagher

Thank you for reading & following. I love a jolly good story: I write short stories, enviro. poetry, and kids’ rhymes. Prev. Education includes a. Dip. S.R.M.

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