There was a man who had a wife, as so many do. The man was called Garold, and his wife was a fiery little thing named Delma.
  Delma was used to more extravagant things, like a slightly bigger house, and slightly fresher food, and 'more cultured' neighbors.
   But Garold was poor. His parents were poor, his siblings were poor, they'd been poor his whole life. They were so poor, little Garold never went to school. And, because of that, he couldn't get a decent job. He was an inventor's apprentice, and the inventor was a bit of a nut, who's inventions never worked. So he wan't paid much, and he and Delma were still very poor.
  One day, Delma just got sick of it. She said to Garold, "Now, you go and get a proper job! One that pay money, and can get us out of this disgusting pit!" and she slammed the door when he left.
   That night, when Garold came home and told her he couldn't get a new job, she was furious! They were too poor for a couch, so he had to sleep on the floor.
    
The next day, she went up to him and told him, "If you can't get a job, at least quit the one you have.
    That day, at Garold's work, they had five whole customers. That was more than they'd had all year. And then the old inventor told him, "I think I'd die without your help."
    When he came home and told Delma he hadn't quit, she was livid. She told him to sleep on the floor again.
   But Garold didn't want to. It was a lovely night out, so he took his blanket up to the roof, and that night he slept there instead.
    The next morning, he woke up, went to work, came home, went back up to the roof, and he wasn't yelled at at all. He continued doing this, and he kept thinking, 'This is much better than being in that house.'
    After a while, Delma got used to the poor life, and Garold came down from the roof. Delma never was completely happy, but she lived with it.
                              THE  END.

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