Thursday, January 21, 2016

A TRAVELER FED TWO HUNGRY STREET KIDS...  

Many people look for ways to help the people in need; but do not know how to go about. Well this story that I found on Facebook is an answer to those people. Good deeds often result in a kind of domino effect and the chain can go a long way in making the world a better place.

Here's the story, which was originally written in Malayalam:

Our protagonist, let's call him Mr. H, was in Kerala's Malapurram for a business meeting. He spent the day chatting up with similarly business minded commercial men who resembled droids more than humans. 

Tired, he decided to spend the night in the city. He rented a room and set out to find himself a sumptuous meal in the town known for it's amazing culinary variety.

He was really hungry as walked into a nearby hotel and quickly placed his order. As his hot meal arrived  on his table, he could barely contain himself but that's the exact moment when he saw them... a pair of small eyes, peeping through the glass panes onto all the food being served and the people savoring them.

These eyes belonged to a street urchin. His hunger betrayed his young eyes but the diners were just too busy to notice him or his plight. Mr. H felt a deep pang in his heart. He called the little guy in. He was not alone, his little sister was also by his side. Their eyes betrayed them again. Their gaze was transfixed at only the food  and not the person who beckoned them.

Mr H asked them, what they wanted to order. But they just pointed to his plate. The food arrived promptly. 

The little boy tried to dive right in but his sister stopped him. Her eyes told him something that he understood and they rose up to wash their hands before the meal.

They returned and finished the meal. They didn't speak, laugh or made a fuss. After finishing their meal, they rose up again, washed their hands and left.

Mr H had not touched his food till then. He found that his hunger was sated, he felt a rare feeling of fulfillment.

He finished his meal and called for the bill. When he returned after washing his hands, he found the bill on the table. One look at it and a tear - one that was hidden somewhere by his conscience - left his eyes and dropped gently onto it. He looked at the man at the counter and smiled. The smile was reciprocated by an even bigger one.

As he walked back to his room - he felt like he was better person, a better human!


This is the bill he had received. It had no amount on it, but just a message:




The note on the bill says, "We do not have a machine that can bill humanity. Godspeed!”

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