Does money grow on trees or does it just linger there? It would seem that the answer is the latter, as only $20 was missing from a wallet stolen in 1982 that was retrieved in New York’s Central Park. Read on and be amazed.
According to
news sources, a diligent tree-care supervisor in New York City’s Central Park found an old wallet under five feet of compost in the hollow of a dying cherry tree. It was found near where a pickpocket stole it from Ruth Bendik as she watched the New York City Marathon back in 1982.
The blue wallet was a poignant time capsule for the now 69- year-old Upper East Side resident who is its owner. Although her cash was missing, all of her credit cards were still in place as well as her student ID from Columbia University Teacher’s College and an employee ID from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Memories are often unbidden and sometimes they spring from the strangest of places.
The morale of this story is: (Pick one)
• Stay away from marathons
• Stay away from NY’s Central Park
• Avoid buying blue wallets
• None of the above
• All of the above
What do YOU think about this odd turn of events?
