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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:
. F( l0 C7 j/ u. A& J& K"I am going to send it back". [' N h' r z' H
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:$ j7 F* J$ i: `( T- z% i: y. E
"I am sorry, what are you sending back?" . W4 ]& l& S- J# d6 u r8 K$ H
He said, "the Wallet, I am sending back the wallet." Then he added: "I am going to pay the postage."
3 A& }( [4 ?' D% `1 X; e"Oh, you found a wallet, and you are going to send it back to the person who lost it?"
) ]2 M! M2 f3 [ U3 b"Yes, I did.". @* G' Z9 J6 [0 ]' B$ l
Finally I understood: this dishevelled man found a wallet, and he was going to return it to the owner by post.
3 F5 @% [' J) ?0 {7 z, L) o& }. qHe 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.
9 J6 b+ `1 X, r. o"Are you going to take some money from the wallet to pay the postage?"
" N6 y4 p1 e% Y+ \) ]$ j8 i1 c' w3 V"No, I am not. I do not do those things."7 Z7 o% Z) g* i5 J8 R; x: |
He took out his wallet, which was nearly worn-out, small, and almost empty. There were some coins inside.
. f5 |6 ]. e1 A. u1 W }- U+ iI 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:) [- g- B/ \2 G; `
"Is it okay that I do not write this part?"3 H. ^4 N+ Z$ a% S
"Yes, you may." I thought he must want to be a nameless hero. But he said:
+ }/ Q+ y; e7 Z' |"I do not have an address."
a4 x- M1 f$ S3 |3 `3 uI was surprised: "oh, where do you live?"
. {0 V+ C( Q h6 I7 C1 AHe did not look up, and said: "I do not have a home." H5 Z' D/ L# m( o0 r
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.
( d$ x3 B; }2 [$ S0 aHe 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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