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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:
; q; e- W7 { [1 }0 c$ M. y"I am going to send it back".
: ^* |6 f& }" X+ ZI 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:
, k, D3 c$ K% W "I am sorry, what are you sending back?" " M3 S2 j" z# i* S) J3 ~3 ~
He said, "the Wallet, I am sending back the wallet." Then he added: "I am going to pay the postage."
9 e. ~& B/ y- H+ Q. H0 t"Oh, you found a wallet, and you are going to send it back to the person who lost it?" ' l$ M9 n& _3 A5 X/ ~
"Yes, I did."
' ~0 u& q7 _; \' r) WFinally I understood: this dishevelled man found a wallet, and he was going to return it to the owner by post.
. J# w. l7 k7 Z; x: X+ g z. rHe 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.
: s" |, R$ u$ V+ x"Are you going to take some money from the wallet to pay the postage?"
2 l4 {( c) g b"No, I am not. I do not do those things."
8 |2 j" @8 i7 |& CHe took out his wallet, which was nearly worn-out, small, and almost empty. There were some coins inside.
4 d8 Y7 `8 V) nI 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:; K/ l. h/ M7 t1 c( `0 @/ u
"Is it okay that I do not write this part?"6 L2 x2 o1 \# \
"Yes, you may." I thought he must want to be a nameless hero. But he said:
0 H' C$ w% I5 p" n# N: t"I do not have an address."
7 e5 |; D2 m4 q. ]I was surprised: "oh, where do you live?"1 d7 Q( t: s9 F
He did not look up, and said: "I do not have a home."& I* q9 Z- {/ k8 z9 K0 m9 H' C
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. % `5 E) }' k4 ?
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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