The Man With The Saddest Face

On a tree by a river, sat the man with the saddest face in the world. He had no family, no real friends no lover. Everyone he met was pushed away by his miserable melon, his sad bearing. But Montgomery Sneep was a man filled with happiness, filled with beauty and a desire to be loved….
Monty prayed to the moon every nite from his tree by the river, prayed for someone who would see through his miserable appearance and see the love and creamy goodness that flourished within him, but small & unseen like a flower in a cave…

Monty tried not to cry, but his loneliness was immense and no matter how hard he tried, he depressed those around him, friends found him too sad to talk to, girls would never consider him, despite his intelligence and sharp wit…
But each nite he prayed and each nite he went alone to his house and alone to his bed to weep himself into a lonely sleep, where even in dreams he was the only person in his world…

One bright August morning however the moon heard his cries and sent an angel to work in his office…

As soon as Monty saw this angel of beauty smiling at her desk, his heart was captured, knowing his effect on both men & women was normally one of revulsion, he decided to keep his distance and spare himself any unnecessary heartbreak…

Every day Monty passed her on reception, barely daring to glance at her, yet each morning the Angel smiled a sweet ‘good morning’ to him, despite being warned by the wicked witches of the office to avoid ‘Dracula’…

One morning, the Angel asked a question. ‘Good morning Monty’
Monty froze, and tried his best to smile. ‘It is Monty, isn’t it?’ He nodded. ‘Why do you never talk to me? All the other men in the office seem to’
Monty decided to be honest and get his disappointment over as quickly as possible. ‘Because I am hideous of course, all the girls in the office ignore me’.
As they spoke, the Angel’s dog came from under her desk and began sniffing approvingly at Monty’s feet. ‘I didn’t know dogs were allowed in the office’ exclaimed Monty in pleasant surprise.
‘Only as far as reception fortunately’ replied the Angel. ‘That’s why I took the job, I have nobody to look after Spike’.
‘Spike seems to like you’ giggled the Angel and Monty had to agree. ‘Would you like to take us both for a walk through the park at lunchtime?’ she asked. Monty was too stunned to speak…

Monty and the Angel, who turned out to be called Betty, walked around the park and she was interesting and funny and laughed a lot and Monty was basking in a heaven he never thought possible walking arm in arm with an angel while her dog Spike seemed to love him instantly. They sat on a bench and Betty touched his face to know what he looked like and despite his reservations still liked him. Every day they walked the park at lunchtime with Spike and every weekend they met and talked and laughed and loved…

Now Betty sits in the tree by the river with Monty and makes wishes at the moon, while Spike sleeps at the foot of the tree and dreams about running after bunnies and sleeping by the fire, as a sad looking, but immeasurably happy smile sits on Monty’s face and he, Betty and Spike live in love…