Cuộc hẹn ở phòng khám

Tuan Nguyen: Hello, Linh. Good morning.
Tuan Nguyen: I have an appointment.
Linh Pham: Can I have your name and your appointment time, please?
Tuan Nguyen: My name is Tuan Nguyen. My appointment is at 10:30.
Linh Pham: Wait here, please.
Tuan Nguyen: How long will we wait?
Linh Pham: About ten minutes.
Tuan Nguyen: Okay, I will stay in this waiting room.

In a big city, a servant worked near a market. One night, a thin man came to him. The man spoke quietly. 'I am Death,' he said. The servant looked at the dark base of the wall and felt cold.

The servant was afraid. He did not want to die at the market. He ran home and said, 'I must leave now.' He packed one small bag and paid the bus fare to another city.

The bus left the city. It went along a highway and crossed a wide lake. The servant did not see the man from the market. He told himself, 'I am safe now.' At last, he arrived at the city gate.

At his father's house, the servant found the door open. He walked in and saw the same stranger. 'Why are you here?' the servant asked. The stranger smiled. 'You have made my work easy,' he said. 'This century, you are my target.'

The servant understood. Death had planned to meet him in this city all along. He could not escape his appointment. This old tale is still popular, because we ask ourselves: can anyone run from death? It is not an unimportant question.