THE LAST DECEPTION OF MR. BOGGIS

A few minutes later Mr. Boggis was driving his old car towards the farm. As he drove he thought about the high expectations and dreams of glory and fame that he would get to return to London with the great discovery he had made. He always would remember the easy way of deceiving to Mr. Rummins, Claud, and Bert; the last people that he would deceived, because when his shop was known as one of the best antique shops around London he could not continue their deceptions. As he crossed the yard in his car Mr. Boggis blessed the good fortune that he had of arriving at this isolated place.

While he got out of car, he continued thinking about the beautiful day, the soft breeze, the warm sun´s rays, and the years that he would from that moment. Mr. Boggis everything around him was beautiful, it was perfect. Despite the poor condition of the farm for Mr. Boggis was a palace whose treasures he would get.

As he was approaching the house Mr Boggis began to feel like your heart beat a hasty manner, he began to feel a slight tightness in the chest and weakness in his legs; he thought that it was due to the excitement of his great discovery. Before he had felt a little discomfort but he thought that it was a slight cold; now he felt a tightness in the chest that grew little by little, he thought it was the tension of the moment. It was in that moment when he saw Rummins, Claude and Robert, who were sitting on the porch of the house next a stacked wood; Mr Boggis thought: "Maybe they wanted to give wood as gift for the church in which I worked".

Mr. Boggis walked slowly; he was observing everything the path way to the house, to look again closely at the men, he thought that something was happening. He saw to Mr. Rummins with a twinkle in his eyes and a satisfaction´s face and an air of complicity in Claude and Robert, as he was approaching an idea crossed his mind, he thought that the men had discovered the trap and they wanted to earn for more money for the commode, Slowly the ideas revolved around of his mind, he was looking for the perfect solution if the case was that, he saw the quality of wood and a fleeting thought was built in your mind, the wood was the same type and quality of the commode; so he turned for looking around where the men were, and he discovered with horror the legs of his precious commode. He could not believe the fate that he had; he had many dreams that he had imagined about his discovery, now all those dreams were broken, He lost all hope, all the glory he had hoped to obtain was fading like fog. Now all the dreams that he imagined were lost.

Good morning again, reverend - said Claud.

Good morning, gentlemen - said Mr. Boggis - I have come to seek the commode, as you can see the vehicle is large, so the commode can fit into the vehicle - Mr Boggis said with a different tone of voice.

Reverend, you do not worry - said Bert- we think that already, as you only wanted to use the legs of commode. Here you have the legs and the rest of the commode is those pieces of wood.

We cut the rest of the commode for that you can use for the fireplace - said Mr. Rummins- you know that the price of wood is very expensive in the winter.

Is not possible! – said Mr. Boggis – I wanted the commode!

Sorry reverend, but you were interested only in the legs of the commode – said Bert- and you have the legs of the commode here, we are generous and for that we gave the rest of the commode for you use it.

You don´t understand! – said Mr. Boggis - I wanted to take the commode to a carpenter, he would do the complete job.

Reverend, you never told us that - said Mr. Rummins - we only wanted to help you.

While Mr Boggis thought about the irony of fate, He began to feel a deep pain in chest and his heart began to beat a hasty manner, he did not understand what was happening; he only understood that his life was completely ruined and these men were guilty, now he only wanted to leave of that place and never return.

As Claud, Bert, and Mr. Rummins understood that the Reverend really wanted the commode and they had destroyed it, they thought that the commode will not be used for anything else, so they decided to sell the commode to a price much cheaper to the reverend. Also they noticed that the reverend was really unwell, they saw his face and they noticed that the Reverend was really bad.

Well reverend, like you wanted the commode, here it is - said Mr. Rummins - as you did not tell us the truth we thought was right to cut the commode.

Yes, I understand - said Mr Boggis with a creepy tone- I really told you that I know my responsibilities.

Reverend do not worry - Claude said - we will fall the price of the furniture.

While Mr Boggis was listening, suddenly he felt an intense pain in his chest, and he remembered something that his doctor told him about his heart, while the pain was more intense he remembered all the damage that he caused to people with his deceptions. In that moment he knew that he would not have time to redeem himself that his life would end in that moment.

Claud, Mr. Rummins and Bert could not believe what they were seeing. The Reverend was falling slowly to the ground. In that moment they heard a few words they would never forget in their lives.

Sorry - said Mr Boggis with his last breath and closed his eyes slowly.

The balance between work and family

Alice Munro is one of the most important writers of little stories. She writes books based on daily stories, family relations and how these relationships can influence people. It is through the little stories she has written that we can know a world in which the characters fight their own battles

to reach its long-awaited victory. If we read in her books we can point out that human relationships are important for the author; an example of this is the famous story of The Jack Randa Hotel , where we can clearly perceive as a couple can distance for reasons that when they failed to resolve, as everyday problems ended a relationship, as the work can hurt a marriage, the importance of work for women and as the husband chose to change years of living by a person with higher capacities intellectual and professional.

Marriage has many changes that the couple should do for a satisfactory life together; for this, it is essential that couples learn to resolve their differences through dialogue. Today thousands are marriages to have ended up for simple reasons. In these moments we are in a century where the equal opportunities is one of the present topics between marriages; being work one of the problems, the main reason is that women want to get money but this is not paid fairly, besides men always receive more money for the same work that women do. This is one of the common problems we can find nowadays; besides husbands wish that women carry out domestic work and care for their children and care for their children, the problem is that the quality of life is very high and for the same women must work to help her family; the role of women within the family is very important and difficult because women have a multiple role, where they are mother, wife, housewife, friend, lover and confidant. Another problem that we can find is when women work and within of marriage both people want control of the relationship, in this point we can see clearly mentioned in the story Jack Randa Hotel where main character; Gail has marital problems with her husband because they wanted to have control in their lives, Gail finally overcome all conflicts, she resolves it a simple way. After her marital breaking she discovers the factor caused that their relationship ended and she tries to resolve it; besides she learns that she should stop having the advantage in a relationship because marriage should be equal opportunities both work and marital life . She leaves everything to win back the heart of her husband.

In this story Alice Munro teaches us that equality is the key word if we connect it with work and family, We must know that if we want a family there are many changes, We will have to hand over in some situations, all for the family welfare. Gail reflects on his break with Will, and she discovers something important that we should always remember, this discovery is that not everything in life is winning or losing to others, the fundamental idea is to learn to enjoy life with people you love.