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Today I was volunteering at a post office. A man in an old jacket with uncombed hair came to the counter. He had a wallet in his hand, and put it on the counter. He told me: 7 q. ]) n8 R7 {+ J" ` w; D9 {
"I am going to send it back". ' r, X) G* ]* c" e" S6 N8 y
I did not understand what he meant by "it", because usually people would send a letter or a parcel back to the sender, and I did not see he had any of those. So I asked him:
9 s( w, ?" Z' [. G7 X "I am sorry, what are you sending back?"
; O0 m, S( Q, U t" S! O! AHe said, "the Wallet, I am sending back the wallet." Then he added: "I am going to pay the postage." ( X- \' i5 ^& n+ s- X/ I
"Oh, you found a wallet, and you are going to send it back to the person who lost it?" 9 {- K0 V7 `' R! G: E
"Yes, I did."
) v3 u! Y; |8 h& y* B# eFinally I understood: this dishevelled man found a wallet, and he was going to return it to the owner by post. ; M( M( G& o! A! S M; V9 l- f& o
He took the ID card from the wallet, and showed me the address of the loser of the wallet. I saw there were several one-hundred bills in the wallet. ' |5 O1 f7 {3 V, @1 I- M& n
"Are you going to take some money from the wallet to pay the postage?"$ Y3 e) `; B: b# x7 n8 ]9 c3 f
"No, I am not. I do not do those things."/ r- N3 \- \# ~; Q4 b |( X
He took out his wallet, which was nearly worn-out, small, and almost empty. There were some coins inside.
( `6 D8 o: B# ~% h7 D5 A5 M3 JI gave him a bubbled envelope, and instructed him where to write the addresses. He wrote the owner's address, but stopped at writing a return address. He asked:7 Y; W1 [- V4 O9 @8 L/ `& q1 h# J
"Is it okay that I do not write this part?"8 ?6 P1 D- w" r0 m2 e! [
"Yes, you may." I thought he must want to be a nameless hero. But he said:# }5 @2 d' n0 g, t2 F
"I do not have an address."# h0 l1 O0 }& ]/ J3 G( l$ Z
I was surprised: "oh, where do you live?"2 H9 B$ [1 F1 `1 B2 ?8 H
He did not look up, and said: "I do not have a home."
8 _ {0 @0 ? v: ]8 V$ l5 VMy heart had a sudden jump. I realized that this is a homeless man who found money but was sending it back to the person who lost it.
. b* G. q# V1 _9 Y% X6 mHe did not a posses a home, but he had a big heart. He had the precious fortune of being a man of integrity. 9 l7 m3 |; g+ o. A* {
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鲜花鸡蛋UncleSam 在2017-3-19 13:41 送朵鲜花 并说:我非常同意你的观点,送朵鲜花鼓励一下
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