The Man In Dumbville Decided He Had Enough

The man, named Boo Boo, lives alone in an apartment two blocks down Dumbville. He thought he would live in that apartment for the rest of his life, but now he regretted for having such thought. Although he knew that the neighbors, as often as it is, could be a little nasty and unfriendly when it comes to ‘living together’, he decided to move in anyway, thinking that God will always be on his side. But 16 months after he moved in, he knew that his calculation has gone terribly wrong.

First, he was fired from work. Sending his monthly bill $795 more than he could afford. Boo Boo was not totally troubled by this, as he thought he could always get another job. And so he did. But as bizarre as it was, the new workplace that he found, made him paid his own salary, sending his monthly bill $1905 more than he could afford. Knowing that he should probably be wiser than before, Boo Boo quit the weird place and thought how life hasn’t gone quite well for him. But thinking that God will always be on his side, Boo Boo went on to look for a job that would help him settle the bills, or as he sometimes had wished, cherishes his talents, or even embraces it. And how deceivingly a job came to him with the promise of becoming the thing that he has always wanted to be. By his math, he figured it would not just reduce the debt he owed, but also as childish as it sounded, a dream comes true. The time has quickly past without him realizing it. He has fixed the heater, the coffee maker, the photocopier, the binding machine, done his boss’s dirty laundry and stuffs that he could not be possibly put into words. On the other hand, the job that he has spent all his time and energy on, has not reduced the debt that he owed but sending his monthly bill $2875 more than he could afford. Boo Boo was saddened by this, for he cannot imagined how his math could have gone this wrong. He knew he had to go, for he could not afford the increase of the debt.

When all the things went wrong for Boo Boo, he has tried hard to keep himself in one piece. He knew that God would always come to him, for God is the one who has given him the talent. Like a prayer answered, the neighbors who he knew to be nasty and unfriendly before, were kind enough to show their sympathy to Boo Boo. They arranged a little gathering, and invited Boo Boo to be the guest of honor. The intention of the gathering as the neighbors has claimed, was to cherish and embrace Boo Boo’s genius in the township of Dumbville. Boo Boo knew that the day God shows his benevolence has finally landed. He had turned down jobs that could have settled his debts just to get ready for the presentation of a lifetime, for he thought nothing else in the world could have been more important than showing the thing that he has always wanted to show in the eyes of the Dumbville. Even when the monthly bill went up to $4609 than he could afford, Boo Boo was still concentrating on every details of the preparation.

Very little did he know, that the neighbors were having a different plan in their mind. The day finally arrived, when the gathering was called. When Boo Boo stood up to the stage and was ready to do his presentation of his lifetime, the neighbors raced up to the stage and stripped him naked. Boo Boo thought that the previous miseries he had are just tests that God has planned for him. But this time, he did not have it coming. It came to him like a lighting strike. He stood naked on the stage, while the neighbors were pointing and laughing at him. It was then he decided that he had enough. He will move out of the apartment, out of the town, out of Dumbville. But before he does that, he has to find someone to take over the apartment. If anyone thinks they could get it cheap, they are wrong. Because he would rather eats the furniture he has, than to sell it cheap.