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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: 9 J1 z3 S" k1 H9 L9 d/ H
"I am going to send it back". . ^9 l" z: S+ k0 ~2 c/ i' t
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:$ ?5 T; _/ `, v6 U9 n
"I am sorry, what are you sending back?" / y& ~! N6 Q I2 a/ L) r7 g
He said, "the Wallet, I am sending back the wallet." Then he added: "I am going to pay the postage." 4 Z, B* S% Y5 F: |) M0 m* I
"Oh, you found a wallet, and you are going to send it back to the person who lost it?"
9 i; ^8 b- Q" T1 y& P"Yes, I did."2 ?; _' a' O* @
Finally I understood: this dishevelled man found a wallet, and he was going to return it to the owner by post. # F! M- C8 A& W/ {
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.
/ J1 K$ q, n; I/ c9 ~$ i"Are you going to take some money from the wallet to pay the postage?"
( L, v6 O. R# f6 F$ P1 c2 o"No, I am not. I do not do those things.") d4 ~' j# \6 ~0 Z4 N$ r# O& {# z
He took out his wallet, which was nearly worn-out, small, and almost empty. There were some coins inside.
. v) P# P {5 K+ [6 sI 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:
. F! b1 W: U6 i* q"Is it okay that I do not write this part?"( @' E, a3 A; Y: I6 v
"Yes, you may." I thought he must want to be a nameless hero. But he said:0 c8 n3 I& U+ f" P( ?
"I do not have an address."
4 G: R# H% `* aI was surprised: "oh, where do you live?"
# T* j6 w2 u4 V1 q+ g0 qHe did not look up, and said: "I do not have a home.". b; L- e# M+ B; U% I* v
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.
- J4 `2 m/ o8 h! i9 uHe did not a posses a home, but he had a big heart. He had the precious fortune of being a man of integrity. , b0 v' h- ~& k, B
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