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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 d. N ?! c3 a. i5 ^; i# X+ b% i
"I am going to send it back".
: a9 ?* v S6 @2 E- oI 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:# k$ a3 V5 G9 }2 `( _
"I am sorry, what are you sending back?" " y2 }+ x2 A, p
He said, "the Wallet, I am sending back the wallet." Then he added: "I am going to pay the postage." & d) Z/ H9 O* i
"Oh, you found a wallet, and you are going to send it back to the person who lost it?" * V5 d/ [0 k' H8 B) p/ q
"Yes, I did."
3 r5 z7 z6 S8 l/ B9 y; ]Finally I understood: this dishevelled man found a wallet, and he was going to return it to the owner by post. 6 I1 _. P( u' ~7 ~# w! \8 E
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.
- P$ A+ J3 R. i3 h"Are you going to take some money from the wallet to pay the postage?"
! S9 _7 N) O' i) j" Z k"No, I am not. I do not do those things."+ L2 @) S% R( A
He took out his wallet, which was nearly worn-out, small, and almost empty. There were some coins inside.
! o: U, a8 v# Q" g+ QI 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:
3 g# R# K! M6 i: `& W$ p0 o"Is it okay that I do not write this part?"( K9 w q1 d. Y/ F# C$ {* m6 B2 k
"Yes, you may." I thought he must want to be a nameless hero. But he said:
- x9 ^( \0 F3 y"I do not have an address."9 q/ { {% a |% l+ J
I was surprised: "oh, where do you live?"- k- |. a3 L5 m6 Z! L/ V
He did not look up, and said: "I do not have a home."* k" Z$ g4 ^$ E& B+ G& f/ X( V
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.
' H& y; q5 Z1 E* n# l% [) X' UHe 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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