KIND-HEARTED NEIGHBOUR

(jai ma kali)

             THE KIND-HEARTED NEIGHBOUR

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   Once upon a time there lived an old woman who was a widow.She had a son who was a sailor and worked on ships.He used to send letters and gelt to his mom with which she was able to make both ends meet.

    As the old lady was illiterate, she used to take the missives to a kindly neighbour to be read to her.The kind man often told the old woman many words of love and affection which were not mentioned in the missives. He did so to please the woman and keep her hopes up.

     Once, the woman did not receive the letters or gelt for months together.She was very anguished and upset. At last she got a big packet which she hurriedly took to the neighbour. Seeing the packet, the man taut de suite, understood the things.It was from the shipping company and its arrival meant that the poor sailor ceased to exist in flesh and blood.

        The man carefully opened the packet. It contained the habiliments of the woman's son and some money.There was a letter also telling the demise of her son. 

  "How devastated would the mother be!"mused the man.So he stealthily camouflaged the clothes and pretended to read the letter.He told the woman many sweet words of affection,of course,falsely, and gave her the gelt.He quietly folded his shawl and put it in the sailor's packet.Then he gave her that packet saying,"Look, your loving son has not forgotten to send you a nice gift."The woman was on cloud nine as she quit the place.

     The man thought," She will not get any letter and money henceforth.She will be devastated and starve too."From then onwards,the kind man sent letters and some money to the old woman regularly. Little did the poor lady know how things stood when she brought those missives to be read to her.

   This went on for many years.And at long last, she gave up the ghost ,a very satisfied and contended woman.

   The kind man was very sad at her death. But that night he had a dream.An angel of God stood by his head, telling him how pleased the Lord was at his kindness !!

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  MORAL------

               THE KIND PERSON IS BLESSED BY THE GOD .

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          ----DEVENDRA SRIVASTAVA------

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