He met her on a party.She was so outstanding, many guys
chasing after her, while he was so normal, nobody paid
attention to him.

At the end the party, he invited her to have coffee
with him,she was surprised,but due to being polite,
she promised.

They sat in a nice coffee shop,he was too nervous to
say anything,she felt uncomfortable, she thought,
please, let me go home....suddenly he asked the
waiter:"would you please give me some salt?i'd like to
put it in my coffee."

Everybody stared at him, so strange!His face turned
red, but, still, he put the salt in his coffee and
drank it.She asked him curiously: Why you have this
strange hobby?
He replied: "When I was a little boy, I was living
near the sea, I liked playing in the sea, I could feel
the taste of the sea, just like the taste of the salty
coffee. Now everytime i have the salty coffee, i always
think of my childhood, think of my hometown,I miss my
home town so much, i miss my parents who are still
living there." While saying that tears filled his
eyes.

She was deeply touched.

That's his true feeling, from the bottom of his
heart.A man who can tell out his homesickness, he must
be a man who loves home , cares about home,has
responsibility of home.Then she also started to speak,
spoke about her faraway hometown,her childhood,her
family.That was a really nice talk, also a beautiful
beginning of their story.

They continued to date. She found that actually he was
a man who meets all her demands; he had tolerance, was
kind hearted, warm,careful.He was such a good person
but she almost missed him! Thanks to his salty coffee!

Then the story was just like every beautiful love
story, the princess married to the prince, then they
were living the happy life.....And, every time she
made the coffee for him, she put some salt in the
coffee as she knew thats the way he liked it.

After 40 years, he passed away, left her a letter
which said:
"My dearest, please forgive me, forgive my
whole life lie. This is the only lie I said to
you--The salty coffee.Remember the first time we
dated?I was so nervous at that time, actually I wanted
some sugar, but said salt. It was hard for me to
change so i just went ahead. I never thoght that could
be the start of our communication! I tried to tell u
the truth many times in life, but i was too afraid to
do that, as i have promised not to lie to you for
anuthing. Now i m dying, I afraid of nothing so i tell
u the truth: I dont like the salty coffee, what a
strange bad taste.But i have had the salty coffee for
whole my life! Since I knew you, I have never feel
sorry for anything I do for you.
Having You with me is my biggest happiness for my
whole life. If I can live for the second time, Still
want to know you and have you for my whole life, Even
though I have to drink the salty coffee again."

Her tears made the letter totally wet.Someday, Someone
asked her: Whats the taste of Salty Coffee?Its sweet.
She replied.

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