May I tell You why I think You planted that apple tree in the garden? Objectively speaking, it is senseless. You wanted Adam's praise for everything Y...ou made, absolutely innocent of any doubt about your goodness. Why then, plant a fruit which can only make him wise, sophisticated and analytical?Yes, he certainly will begin to question everything if he takes a bite of that apple, but why is that bad? Allow me to continue. He'll not only marvel that the flower blooms, he'll ask why and discover. “But where are you going with this?”“I figure that if you are going to cater, would you be willing to play Santa?” the man asks, then adds, “Of course, if your wife is willing to be Mrs. Claus.”A sly smile creeps up on Chance’s face. In his mind he can see all the possibilities that could come out of an opportunity like this. “I don’t think that would be a problem. I mean what’s a Christmas party without Santa? And what’s Santa without the misses?”“I’ll have my secretary call and set it all up. " I still think it's unfair," said Tamara's mother grumpily.Despite Benita's admonition, Tamara couldn't help agreeing with her mother. It was all well and good trying to enforce a bland neutrality to maintain the peace, but what could this old woman know? She'd spent all her life in England. She was unlikely to have dallied long in the war-torn Middle East. The English might complain about the poverty that had returned to Europe and the humiliating break-up of the United Kingdom, but the worst. And oncewe get to Miami, we're going to need some money for plane tickets,taxis, food, bus fare, you name it. So last night, when I was talkingto Mr. Sherman, I came up with an idea on how we could make some extracash." And how are we going to do that?" I asked, still not sure what he wastalking about.That guilty grin appeared again. "Well, just think about it, Janet.There are twenty five horny sailors on this ship, all of them equippedwith wallets full of cash and nothing to spend it on. .