The Whirligig of Life

Life has a habit of spinning people in circles until they end up somewhere they never expected. In a small rural community, a couple arrives before a justice of the peace with what seems like a simple problem. They are determined, emotional, and absolutely certain about what they want. The trouble is that certainty rarely survives contact with reality. What follows is a chain of conversations, misunderstandings, and reversals that turns a straightforward situation into something wonderfully absurd. O. Henry watches human stubbornness with affection, showing how quickly people can travel from one conviction to its complete opposite - all without feeling inconsistent for a second. Sometimes the shortest distance between two decisions is a full circle.