Norwegian Love Story

Ole and Lena lived by a lake in nordern Nort Dakota (maybe Lake Metigoshe.) It vas early vinter and da lake had frozen over.

Ole asked Lena if she vould go to da yeneral store to get him some smokes.

She asked him for some money, but he said , “Nah, yust put it on our tab.”

So Lena valked across da frozen lake , got the smokes Ven she got home and gave Ole his smokes, she asked him, “Ole, you alvays tell me not to run up da tab at da store. Why didn’t you yust give me some money?”

Ole replied, “Vell, I didn’t vant to send you out dere vit some money ven I vasn’t sure how tick the ice vas yet.”