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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: 8 L/ e" t/ l+ w) Z
"I am going to send it back". ) D. w* c6 w7 H+ v$ Q! `
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:
- t/ v- r) A4 r2 T "I am sorry, what are you sending back?"
! a8 w- @3 h; {) h3 O4 r; n; x; fHe said, "the Wallet, I am sending back the wallet." Then he added: "I am going to pay the postage." ( C4 `* F' |$ b# O+ ]4 f" R
"Oh, you found a wallet, and you are going to send it back to the person who lost it?" 0 ]* y1 B, I: T
"Yes, I did."
3 h' @! K1 O2 NFinally I understood: this dishevelled man found a wallet, and he was going to return it to the owner by post.
/ b1 J# E3 B, ]4 X0 KHe 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. + ^: q$ ?3 ~- [+ S- O9 z& c! O
"Are you going to take some money from the wallet to pay the postage?"; @7 c+ ~8 i& y2 \; `& s u
"No, I am not. I do not do those things."
& L9 ~/ {' E3 T* f! j4 ~$ O# VHe took out his wallet, which was nearly worn-out, small, and almost empty. There were some coins inside. 8 X5 s: W) e4 j1 A5 D
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:( t- [+ H m" f( k
"Is it okay that I do not write this part?"2 @2 k' G- m% n# i/ F
"Yes, you may." I thought he must want to be a nameless hero. But he said:
. i2 `, b9 B+ E"I do not have an address."
5 j: h% ?5 {& o' c6 y' D2 A/ r, ^0 VI was surprised: "oh, where do you live?") ]3 z9 B! N+ G
He did not look up, and said: "I do not have a home."
" g# M1 i, O* kMy 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. : Q+ O& K1 ~1 y; u* U0 f
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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