One day, when I was a freshman in
school, I saw a kid from my class walking
home from school.
His name was Arif. It looked like he was
carrying allof his books, and I thought to
myself,
“Why would anyone bring home all his
books on a Friday ? He must really be a
nerd.”
I had quite a weekend planned (parties
and a football game with my friends
tomorrow afternoon), So I shrugged my
shoulders and went on.
As I was walking, I saw a bunch of kids
running toward him. They ran right up to
him, knocking all his books out of his
arms and tripping him so he landed in
the dirt.
His glasses went flying, and I saw them
land in thegrass about ten feet from him.
Then he looked up, and I saw this terrible
sadness in his eyes. My heart went out to
him.
So, I jogged over to him and as he
crawled around looking for his glasses,
and I saw a tear in his eye.
As I handed him his glasses, I said,
“Those guys are jerks. They really should
get a life.”
He looked at me and said,
“Hey thanks !” There was a big smile on
his face. Itwas one of those smiles that
showed real gratitude.
I helped him pick up his books, and asked
him where he lived. As it turned out, he
lived near me,
So I asked him why I had never seen him
before.
school, I saw a kid from my class walking
home from school.
His name was Arif. It looked like he was
carrying allof his books, and I thought to
myself,
“Why would anyone bring home all his
books on a Friday ? He must really be a
nerd.”
I had quite a weekend planned (parties
and a football game with my friends
tomorrow afternoon), So I shrugged my
shoulders and went on.
As I was walking, I saw a bunch of kids
running toward him. They ran right up to
him, knocking all his books out of his
arms and tripping him so he landed in
the dirt.
His glasses went flying, and I saw them
land in thegrass about ten feet from him.
Then he looked up, and I saw this terrible
sadness in his eyes. My heart went out to
him.
So, I jogged over to him and as he
crawled around looking for his glasses,
and I saw a tear in his eye.
As I handed him his glasses, I said,
“Those guys are jerks. They really should
get a life.”
He looked at me and said,
“Hey thanks !” There was a big smile on
his face. Itwas one of those smiles that
showed real gratitude.
I helped him pick up his books, and asked
him where he lived. As it turned out, he
lived near me,
So I asked him why I had never seen him
before.