Carol

Carol walked onto her porch to find a package had been delivered. It was bright orange with a note. "Herein lies the secret to the meaning of life. Open and it will disappear." She picked it up, brought it inside, pondered opening it, but decided not to. She placed the box on her mantle.

There it sat, for years. On her mantle. "Open me, open me" it screamed every time her eyes were drawn to it's blaze orange wrapping paper. Finally, one day she gave into her curiosities and opened the box. Inside she found a note. It said "wasn't this more fun before you knew?"