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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:
. p* t( T0 R4 L"I am going to send it back".
* `4 P$ W9 O7 I! Y, dI 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 }! v$ |! l) B" p3 P0 @$ z0 B
"I am sorry, what are you sending back?"
3 ? [7 c* d/ G; J% iHe said, "the Wallet, I am sending back the wallet." Then he added: "I am going to pay the postage."
8 A2 \) e6 g; p! B"Oh, you found a wallet, and you are going to send it back to the person who lost it?" 4 I( }1 d% k. f7 _* @$ @- D, @
"Yes, I did."8 g+ F7 j6 k: ]8 ~, F8 `4 X/ x
Finally I understood: this dishevelled man found a wallet, and he was going to return it to the owner by post. ' Q; `5 _" r) e( 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.
- m, l) F4 y& E"Are you going to take some money from the wallet to pay the postage?"# h) l" i. t6 b0 Z5 k. [' ?
"No, I am not. I do not do those things."
( Y4 Q: M1 z/ K LHe took out his wallet, which was nearly worn-out, small, and almost empty. There were some coins inside.
1 E6 [( A0 f, y* \! j: G/ g2 f5 PI 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:
9 @9 h8 _. \4 v$ Z"Is it okay that I do not write this part?"
& |* E, A4 C+ l d7 l+ g"Yes, you may." I thought he must want to be a nameless hero. But he said:
7 @7 L8 e3 q/ i: ^* S& I"I do not have an address."6 t" H7 l- S; l0 \1 E1 o G' Z9 w& E
I was surprised: "oh, where do you live?"
* O# t2 c, E pHe did not look up, and said: "I do not have a home."( O+ g7 G+ H( X
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. 6 |1 s3 o( u4 }1 K0 F! v! o) x% K
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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