Ole and Lena lived in Little Norway, Wisconsin.
It was early winter and the lower portion of the their lake had frozen over.
Ole asked Lena if she would walk across the frozen part of the lake to the general store and get him some smokes and beer. A very reasonable ting to do, I might add.
She asked him for some money, but he told her, "Nah, just put it on our tab. Old man Stacey won't mind."
So Lena, being the good wife walked across the ice, got the smokes and beer at the store and then walked back home across the cove.
When she got home with the items she said, "Ole, you always tell me not to run up the tab at Stacey's store. Vhy didn't you just give me some money?"
Ole replied, "Vell, Dear, I didn't vant to send you out dere vid cash vhen I vasn't sure how thick the ice vas!"
A love story like this almost brings tears to my eyes......
