Buying A Flute

Before leaving for San Francisco, I went with Baoul to buy a new bow for my esraj. There were seven flutes in the store and I decided to buy the cheapest one, which was for beginners. The man said, "Do you want the one in the showcase or would you like to have a new one?" I took the old one, which cost $206. This was the cheapest beginner's flute. It is so useless that I can't play it.    

[Source: "Buying A Flute" in Sri Chinmoy,  I Love Shopping, Part 1.  First published by Agni Press in 1985. Copied from the web pages of  www.SrinChmoyLibrary.com/Sri-Chinmoy-love-shopping/part1.]

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