AlittleoldcouplewalkedslowlyintoMcDonald’sonecoldwinterevening.Theylookedoutofplaceamidtheyoungfamiliesandyoungcoupleseatingtherethatnight.Thelittleoldmanwalkedrightuptothecashregister,placedhisorderwithnohesitationandthenpaidfortheirmeal.Thecoupletookatablenearthebackwallandstartedtakingfoodoffthetray.Therewasonehamburger,oneorderofFrenchfriesandonedrink.
Thelittleoldmanunwrappedtheplainhamburgerandcarefullycutitinhalf.Heplacedonehalfinfrontofhiswife.ThenhecarefullycountedouttheFrenchfries,dividedthemintwopilesandneatlyplacedonepileinfrontofhiswife.Hetookasipofthedrink,hiswifetookasipandthensetthecupdownbetweenthem.Asthemanbegantoeathisfewbitesofhamburgerthecrowdbegantogetrestless.
Youcouldtellwhattheywerethinking.“Thatpooroldcouple.Alltheycanaffordisonemealforthetwoofthem.”AsthemanbegantoeathisFrenchfriesoneyoungmanstoodandcameovertotheoldcouple’stable.Hepolitelyofferedtobuyanothermealfortheoldcoupletoeat.Theoldmanrepliedthattheywerejustfine.Theywereusedtosharingeverything.Asthelittleoldmanfinishedeatingandwaswipinghisfaceneatlywithanapkintheyoungmancouldstanditnolonger.
Againhecameovertotheirtableandofferedtobuysomefood.Afterbeingpolitelyrefusedagain,hefinallyaskedaquestionofthelittleoldlady.“Ma’am,whyaren’tyoueating?Yousaidthatyoushareeverything.Whatisitthatyouarewaitingfor?”Sheanswered,“Theteeth.”