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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:
' D0 r4 Y" O1 ]8 { t) T2 K"I am going to send it back". 6 l* ^1 ^0 B! g1 ?/ ]4 j
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:
& s* Q Q1 K% ~+ s "I am sorry, what are you sending back?" 7 t1 f, [8 G+ f: K( z/ {! K: y' N
He said, "the Wallet, I am sending back the wallet." Then he added: "I am going to pay the postage." " R% h$ U# T7 r! K% o: g
"Oh, you found a wallet, and you are going to send it back to the person who lost it?"
! n$ p7 ]6 h$ P; g+ U. h# p+ G/ l$ |"Yes, I did.") d) e6 W; O! @
Finally I understood: this dishevelled man found a wallet, and he was going to return it to the owner by post.
+ g- A$ J+ S. O+ O3 I+ IHe 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.
8 G# b/ W% v+ t3 @+ @! D9 m"Are you going to take some money from the wallet to pay the postage?", P. Z7 R9 }/ b) l1 a" f
"No, I am not. I do not do those things."
& [! a7 f& X6 K" v6 i+ E, OHe took out his wallet, which was nearly worn-out, small, and almost empty. There were some coins inside. 7 T1 {" f2 @2 e* ~
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:
) Y+ S6 }: v+ q; b( `$ O/ m"Is it okay that I do not write this part?"
/ o) ^1 D1 x5 I F: O"Yes, you may." I thought he must want to be a nameless hero. But he said:
' F) Y# J J( N1 X' b5 m; N2 o"I do not have an address."
4 _. \3 _- I, x% @6 _8 e( ]I was surprised: "oh, where do you live?"3 r, V! P. |* W' ]) q1 c
He did not look up, and said: "I do not have a home."
9 ]" J \8 G* dMy 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.
5 M% R6 x9 {& g3 v+ nHe did not a posses a home, but he had a big heart. He had the precious fortune of being a man of integrity. ( \8 N8 [) N- b# A3 S: e$ S
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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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