On the last day before Christmas, I hurried to go to the supermarket
to buy the remaining of the gift I didn't manage to buy earlier. When I
saw all the people there, I started to complain to myself: "It is going to
take forever here and I still have so many other places to go. "Christmas
really is getting more and more annoying every year. How I
wish I could just lie down, go to sleep and only wake up after it..."
Nonetheless, I made my way to the toy section, and there started to
curse the prices, wondering if after all kids really play with such
expensive toys. While looking in the toy section, I noticed a small boy
of about 5 years old, pressing a doll against his chest. He kept on
touching the hair of the doll and looked so sad. I wondered who this
doll was for. Then the little boy turned to the old woman next to him:
'Granny, are you sure I don't have enough money?' The old lady replied:
'You know that you don't have enough money to buy this doll, my dear.'
Then she asked him to stay there for 5 minutes while she went to look
around. She left quickly. The little boy was still holding the doll in
his hand. Finally, I started to walk towards him and I asked him who he
wanted to give this doll to.
'It is the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for this
Christmas. She was so sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her.'
I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus will bring it to her after all,
and not to worry But he replied to me sadly. 'No, Santa Claus cannot bring
it to her where she is now. I have to give the doll to my mother so that she
can give it to her when she goes there.' His eyes were so sad while saying
this. 'My sister has gone to be with God. Daddy says that Mummy will also go
to see God very soon, so I thought that she could take the doll with
her to give it to my sister.
My heart nearly stopped. The little boy looked up at me and said:
'I told daddy to tell mummy not to go yet. I asked him to wait until I
came back from the supermarket. Then he showed me a very nice photo of
him where he was laughing. He then told me:
'I also want mummy to take this photo with her so that she will not
forget me. I love my mummy and I wish she doesn't have to leave me but
daddy says that she has to go to be with my little sister. Then he
looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.
I quickly reached for my wallet and took a few notes and said to the
boy.
'What if we checked again, just in case if you have enough money?'
'Ok' he said. 'I hope that I have enough.'
I added some of my money to his without him seeing and we started to
count it.
There was enough for the doll, and even some left over.
The little boy said: 'Thank you God for giving me enough money'
Then he looked at me and added:
'I asked yesterday before I went to sleep for God to make sure I have
enough money to buy this doll so that mummy can give it to my sister.
He heard me. I also wanted to have enough money to buy a white rose for my
mummy, but didn't dare to ask God too much. But He gave me enough to
buy the doll and the white rose.'
'You know, my mummy loves white roses'
A few minutes later, the old lady came back again and I left with my
trolley.
I finished my shopping in a totally different state from when started.
I couldn't get the little boy out of my mind. Then I remembered a local
newspaper article 2 days ago, which mentioned of a drunk man in a truck
who hit a car where there was one young lady and a little girl. The
little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical
state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the
life-assisting machine, because the young lady would not be able to get
out of the coma. Was this the family of the little boy?
Two days after this encounter with the little boy, I read that the
young lady had passed away. I couldn't stop myself and went to buy a bunch
of white roses and I went to the mortuary where the body of the young
woman was exposed for people to see and make last wish before burial. She
was there, in her coffin, holding a beautiful white rose in her hand with
the photo of the little boy and the doll placed over her chest. I left
the place crying, feeling that my life had been changed forever.
The love that this little boy had for his mother and his sister is
still, to this day, hard to imagine. And in a fraction of a second, a
drunk man had taken all this away from him.
i think everibodie's read this storie before its reali meaningful... and ppl shld learn to treasure whatever they have and live their life the best way they can live it... real sweet. and check
this out. reali sweet bit of thg too. smiles- r
lit was fine todae i guess. but wished i studied earlier then i cld have done betta. feeling sorta empty and hollow inside. sighs.
+ would you lie to everyone else and end up hurting yourself or would you tell them the truth and end up hurting them?