When 'no' is a good reply.

On my walk yesterday, I was handing out bookmarks as usual to let people know about my novel.

In one interaction with two women, I held up a bookmark and said, "Hi, have I given you a bookmark already?"

One smiled and said, "Yes."

The other, smiling, said, "No, thank you" — as she snatched the bookmark from my hand.

Falling Up