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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:
. S. P* c9 o: V, d"I am going to send it back". 0 V% f$ [" P* |" r% r8 s
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: v' y1 H( [$ m
"I am sorry, what are you sending back?"
/ l. |0 C5 @4 o" g1 ]" p$ S5 yHe said, "the Wallet, I am sending back the wallet." Then he added: "I am going to pay the postage."
1 t1 g) N0 r5 y: a4 G5 Q"Oh, you found a wallet, and you are going to send it back to the person who lost it?"
$ D: T5 q7 ^5 _) k"Yes, I did."2 y0 E' x( _( D5 c5 K
Finally I understood: this dishevelled man found a wallet, and he was going to return it to the owner by post. * q) T+ W* R' l8 [/ ?+ W; h
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. 1 ^: S% E, [5 z/ ^5 M. S
"Are you going to take some money from the wallet to pay the postage?"! r) ^2 |4 r1 d+ z- p1 l B6 n
"No, I am not. I do not do those things."; p% Z7 t; l: _- R
He took out his wallet, which was nearly worn-out, small, and almost empty. There were some coins inside. * C0 B& d Z, d4 T1 G
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:
4 J: i6 A; z( a7 F8 u: e) \; q) i/ J"Is it okay that I do not write this part?"" S$ p- {( S! D5 L" E) w1 N
"Yes, you may." I thought he must want to be a nameless hero. But he said:
+ H; k7 `, ?9 i"I do not have an address.": t7 Y( f/ M. Y0 B8 d9 h
I was surprised: "oh, where do you live?"
5 N* M; w8 O, n2 j% U# v( ]. c/ {He did not look up, and said: "I do not have a home."
D! u) p L* ?8 k lMy 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. 6 o$ N; }# z; J: I! u& ^$ \2 S- `3 |; n
He did not a posses a home, but he had a big heart. He had the precious fortune of being a man of integrity. ; Q/ w3 d7 {/ _7 `! `* x7 r" C K
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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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