i considered not actually sending the package, because i'm lazy and it doesn't matter to this praxis whether it got sent or not. we will never hear what happened to the denizen of that house. but then i realized that it makes a better story for the denizen if i do send it. that was interesting to me; i'm not just telling one story. of course we are always telling as many stories as there are hearers, but it isn't always obvious how the stories are different.