LITTLE THINGS THAT HELP OTHERS

A plainly dressed woman was noticed picking up something on a poor slum street where ragged, barefooted little children were accustomed to play. A policeman on the beat noticed the woman’s action, and watched her very suspiciously. Several times he saw her stoop, pick up something and hide it in her apron. Finally he went up to her, and with a gruff voice demanded, “What are you carrying off in your apron?” The timid woman did not answer at first, whereupon the policeman, thinking she must have found something valuable, threatened her with arrest if she did not show him what she had in her apron. The woman opened her apron and revealed a handful of broken glass. “What do you want with that stuff?” asked the policeman. The woman replied, “I just thought I would pick it up so the glass would not hurt the children’s feet.” (e-Sword)