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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: 8 L6 B' f% E9 A; u
"I am going to send it back".
G1 f( `" t- p2 \8 H7 }" rI 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:
+ D) d: G6 V$ V$ E7 l "I am sorry, what are you sending back?"
) P$ p& I2 o' x7 t9 eHe said, "the Wallet, I am sending back the wallet." Then he added: "I am going to pay the postage."
* P- A* U" o1 S4 r3 e8 `+ p M"Oh, you found a wallet, and you are going to send it back to the person who lost it?" 4 S; {7 O# i k5 p0 K
"Yes, I did."2 y0 J3 i/ @" G, D# _: c: B
Finally I understood: this dishevelled man found a wallet, and he was going to return it to the owner by post. : h: Q, ]; x" w( s4 G; u. ~& 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.
* n) V5 b5 X, ~1 E5 d: M"Are you going to take some money from the wallet to pay the postage?"
5 a! {' n$ z3 u% G"No, I am not. I do not do those things."/ b m# e# N- E" a
He took out his wallet, which was nearly worn-out, small, and almost empty. There were some coins inside. 6 y- ~7 @* l# F& K v
I 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:
4 f4 ?% Q% k# v, E& s$ D- R"Is it okay that I do not write this part?"
2 }$ `& b$ e$ |& G& D1 g"Yes, you may." I thought he must want to be a nameless hero. But he said:0 T2 u, ]! E, i$ m5 i; Z( f* b$ l
"I do not have an address."2 D% q7 \9 m c! o3 n- E( O) D& w
I was surprised: "oh, where do you live?"- s# `8 R3 g0 t9 r
He did not look up, and said: "I do not have a home."2 z" R z7 T( ~
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. 1 O: U$ B* T- Y! ^ @+ ]
He did not a posses a home, but he had a big heart. He had the precious fortune of being a man of integrity. ' [( x7 E9 M7 S3 y4 d# d3 E3 _
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