Topic: Marriage, Love, Miracles
On a cold day in 1942, inside a Nazi concentration camp, a lone, young boy looks beyond the barbed wire and sees a young girl pass by. She too, is moved by his presence. In an effort to give expression to her feelings, she throws a red apple over the fence -- a sign of life, hope, and love. The young boy bends over, picks up the apple.A ray of light has pierced his darkness.
The following day, thinking he is crazy for even entertaining the notion
of seeing this young girl again, he looks out beyond the fence, hoping.
On the other side of the barbed wire, the young girl yearns to see again
this tragic figure who moved her so. She comes prepared with apple in hand.
Despite another day of wintry blizzards and chilling air, two hearts
are warmed once again as the apple passes over the barbed wire.
The scene is repeated for several days.The two young spirits on opposite
sides of the fence look forward to seeing each other, if only for a moment
and if only to exchange a few words.
The interaction is always accompanied by an exchange of inexplicably
heartening feelings.
At the last of these momentary meetings, the young boy greets his sweet
friend with a frown and says, "Tomorrow, don't bring me an apple, I will
not be here. They are sending me to another camp."
The young boy walks away, too heartbroken to look back. From that day forward, the calming image of the sweet girl would appear to him in moments of anguish. Her eyes, her words, her thoughtfulness, her red apple, all were a recurring vision that would break his night time sweats.
His family died in the war. The life he had known had all but vanished,
but this one memory remained alive and gave him hope.
With a feeling of shock, the man speaks. "And did that boy say to you
one day, 'Don't bring an apple anymore because I am being sent to another
camp?'"
"Why, yes," she responds, "but how could you possibly know that?"
He looks into her eyes and says, "I was that young boy."
There is a brief silence, and then he continues, "I was separated from
you then, and I don't ever want to be without you again. Will you marry
me?" They embrace one another as she says, "Yes."