The day after his wife disappeared in a kayaking
accident, an Anchorage man answered his door to find
two grim-faced Alaska State Troopers.
"We're sorry Mr. Wilkens, but we have some information
about your wife," said one trooper.
"Tell me! Did you find her?" Wilkens shouted.
The troopers looked at each other.
One said, "We have some bad news, some good news, and
some really great news. Which do you want to hear
first?
"Fearing the worst, an ashen Mr. Wilkens said, "Give
me the bad news first."
The trooper said, "I'm sorry to tell you, sir, but
this morning we found your wife's body in Kachemak
Bay."
"Oh my God!" exclaimed Wilkens. Swallowing hard, he
asked, "What's the good news?"
The trooper continued, "When we pulled her up, she had
12 twenty- five pound king crabs and 6 good-size
Dungeness crabs clinging to her."
Stunned, Mr. Wilkens demanded, "If that's the good
news, what's the great news?"
The trooper said, "We're going to pull her up again
tomorrow."
