A tale from the realty-based community

Now here's a title to reckon with: AP Poll: More Avoid Buying Homes.

For a moment, neither of them spoke; the words were there, somehow, but the breath to convey them wasn't in place yet.

Finally: "That was a close one."

"No kidding. We really dodged a bullet that time."

They looked at each other, looked at the FOR SALE sign, and looked at each other once more.

"What will we tell the children?" she asked.

He thought for a moment. "We'll tell them," he said, "that we were damn lucky to escape with our lives, and that we don't want to talk about it now."

"Works for me," she said, taking his hand, and the two of them walked back to the car.

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