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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: . o" L T, y; m& o, T* x
"I am going to send it back". 4 r- [7 ~# }% f, b; Z4 u# |
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:
$ G) Z2 | }4 f. N0 n+ U "I am sorry, what are you sending back?"
8 \9 x3 z7 b% _He said, "the Wallet, I am sending back the wallet." Then he added: "I am going to pay the postage."
* m4 L! u' C$ I( X. O2 ["Oh, you found a wallet, and you are going to send it back to the person who lost it?"
2 s8 p3 C0 I( n9 F# ~- B9 ], B"Yes, I did."/ Y2 X4 Z; g7 b3 \+ j
Finally I understood: this dishevelled man found a wallet, and he was going to return it to the owner by post.
% E. D* b8 ^+ t6 v' D1 @2 }; l: AHe 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. 4 ~# I t& ^1 |$ ?
"Are you going to take some money from the wallet to pay the postage?"5 a5 e8 y# t, q- A1 R, ?
"No, I am not. I do not do those things."
$ s1 U D9 m' t+ g# gHe took out his wallet, which was nearly worn-out, small, and almost empty. There were some coins inside. * {6 i8 O( V u. }1 J, A& r
I 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:; h0 I: _% @& I$ J; u
"Is it okay that I do not write this part?"
) y7 }3 Q* h0 t8 b3 V! a"Yes, you may." I thought he must want to be a nameless hero. But he said:2 Y. v( n4 {1 P3 F. a2 w4 a4 |1 }
"I do not have an address."
# [, H; _4 X, ?! d0 S5 @9 b# M) yI was surprised: "oh, where do you live?"' {$ E; J N6 A* p6 n
He did not look up, and said: "I do not have a home.") G: T! e) _6 F( y2 U9 i
My 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. ; _$ ^% a/ A: g3 Q$ R* l
He did not a posses a home, but he had a big heart. He had the precious fortune of being a man of integrity.
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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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