The Map on the Table
Two families have spent months arguing over a boundary, neither one willing to give ground. Wesley lays out the land survey in front of both parties, in full daylight. One of them points to a line; he doesn't say "you're lying" — he says that line isn't on the map, and that they can look at it together. Three hours later, they sign. The map doesn't know whose plot it is: it only says where the line is, and that's enough for nobody to have to shout.







