Emma has a penchant for very old things. She collects items from the old times. Often, she would crave for novelty antiques that are usually hard to find. Her passion would often send her to places and unusual circumstances just to pacify her childlike hankering for such things. Each time she thinks of an item, Emma pursues it and never settles for less. For example, she had long-wanted to get for herself an original civil war pocket watch still in working condition. This rather specific antique was obviously hard to look for. In the end, after quite a long quest, she found one. Now, she wants an antique magnifying glass. How will she find it?
Determined to find the elusive antique magnifying glass, Emma sat for hours in front of her personal computer. Day in and day out for several weeks, Emma navigated the Internet to locate her most-desired antique magnifying glass. She grew upset almost to the point of frustration because the search engines wouldn’t yield the results she wanted. It was as if technology was invented in vain for it could not help her find the antique magnifying glass she wanted.
Emma temporarily gave up and left home for a vacation bringing with her a bag of her antique collections. Little did she expect that she would find an antique shop where she was. The shop had an assorted collection, and the items where rather spread out. There were engagement rings, lamps, dressers, mirrors, coins, furniture, toys, and even firearms.
Emma approached the owner of the store and chatted with him for a time. She told the man that she is an antique collector, and opened her bag to show the little that she brought with her. The man was curious about a few items in the bag but Emma was quick to say that she was not selling them. He motioned for her to wait a minute for he might have something that she liked. She spontaneously lit up with a grin.
Shortly, the man returned and tugged her to go with him to the back of the shop. The back room was a little dim and was cramped with a lot of things. The man bowed down to pick up an old little shoebox lying on the floor. Afterwards, they went back to the counter. The shoebox, according to the owner, had been lying idly for 20 years at the back room because no one was interested to buy it. Now he was showing it to her for she might just be the person who would want it.
Upon opening the shoebox, Emma’s eyes sparkled for there was an antique magnifying glass! At that moment, there was no arguing that the antique magnifying glass was considered sold. Emma negotiated with the man for the price she was willing to pay for the antique magnifying glass. Once again, it is proven true that if you seek, you shall find.
