“Did you know storks are mute?”
The girl politely accepted the change and shook her head.
“No, I didn’t know that actually. How do they talk to each other?”
The clerk started to bag her purchases.
“They bang their upper and lower bill together to communicate.”
The girl smiled shifted her weight to her left hip.
“That’s really quite interesting.”
The clerk put her magazine into the bag.
“Yes, storks are extraordinarily interesting. Storks are monogamous.” Pause. “Let me take you to dinner.”
The girl continued to smile as he put her drinks – ginger ale, root beer, cola – into the bag.
“Bring flowers.”