Once upon a time in the early of a summer morning, a woman was walking her dog. It was a beautiful summer day — bright blue sky, cool breeze, gentle light.

A man came out of a house. He wore shorts and a polo shirt. Not old. Not young.

He bent down to pick up a couple small pieces of paper trash in the street.

As she approached, he said, “I would like to stuff this trash down the throat of whoever it was who littered.”

She walked by.

He went back into his house and shut the door.

The morning was not so beautiful.

Moral: Don’t greet a stranger with bitter words.