The incident happened on my way back to college last week. After some tiring work in the college we were returning home. I and my five friends were waiting for the train at the Kanchrapa station. As usual we were gossiping and trying to leg pull one another. One of my friends was asking for Re.1 from every friend so that he could buy a cigarette. But none was giving it to him.
At that moment a woman beggar came to us and started counting us. After she finished counting, another friend of mine inquired whether she required Rs. 6 from us? She just replied to give her something. That boy gave her 50 paisa which he was holding in her hand to buy the cigarette. The beggar took the coin and just in a second returned it back to the boy. My friend was amazed and all of we started laughing loudly by the unexpected behavior of the beggar and the expression on my friends face. But after sometime the same beggar came and wanted her 50 paisa back. But this time my friend did not give her and told that he had learnt a lesson of helping the poor.
Then the train came and we went back to home. But while returning I was thinking whether we acted as a human being? Whether the beggar was wrong of not accepting the money? Whether my friend was right of not giving her the money at the second time?
I don’t have any answers to all these questions. May be the readers have it. So, waiting for their replies.
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Hally-The Comet
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Thursday, September 11, 2008
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3 comments:
see,its also a voyage 4 me...wen i was a kid my dad taught me 2 giv alms 2 poor...so me faced dis situation many a tyms wen beggars returned bak money...but da philanthropy remained in me...so will b in ur frend...but 1 thing i hav realised...da more we giv alms da more dey bcome dependent on beggars...so we shud b selectiv ..if sum1 is vry poor we shud atleast buy a pck of biscuit coz 50 paise doesnt help...hop dis doesnt sound sermonical..
This is a very confusing question according to me
its very tough to call who is right nd who is wrong.All this thing r relative
and the story will be more interesting if u use names of ur friends.
i can help...
when the beggar came for the 50 paise the second time, the friend should have
... before the answer give me Rs.2, the only will I reveal the solution to the problem![;)]
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