A Lesson in Kindness

A boy sat at a bus stop eating his sandwich when a thin old man approached, holding out a small

notebook. “You dropped this,” the man said softly. The boy checked—yes, it was his school

diary. He snatched it and muttered “thanks,” barely looking at the man.

When the old man walked away, the boy smirked. He took the leftover half of his sandwich,

deliberately dropped it on the ground, stepped on it, crushed it with his shoe,

and kicked it toward the man. “Here, old man. Food for you,” he

laughed. The old man bent slowly, picked it up with trembling hands,

smiled, and walked off. The boy felt proud of his joke. When he reached