Post by neilrudd on Dec 22, 2005 19:47:53 GMT
ABOUT 4 WEEKS AGO, I WAS RUSHING AROUND TRYING TO GET SOME LAST
>
> MINUTE SHOPPING DONE. I WAS STRESSED OUT AND NOT THINKING VERY FONDLY OF
>
> THE CHRISTMAS SEASON COMING UP. IT WAS DARK, COLD, AND WET IN THE
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> MULTI STORY CAR PARK AS I LOADED MY CAR UP WITH THE GIFTS I FELT
>
> OBLIGATED TO BUY. I NOTICED THAT I WAS MISSING THE SHOP RECEIPT WHICH
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> I WOULD NEED TO GET OUT OF THE CAR PARK WITHOUT PAYING, SO MUMBLING UNDER
MY
>
> BREATH, I RETRACED MY STEPS TO THE SHOPPING CENTRE ENTRANCE.
>
> AS I WAS SEARCHING THE WET PAVEMENT FOR THE LOST RECEIPT, I HEARD A
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> QUIET SOBBING.
>
>
>
> THE CRYING WAS COMING FROM A POORLY DRESSED BOY OF ABOUT 10 YEARS OLD
>
> HE WAS SHORT AND THIN. HE HAD NO COAT. HE WAS JUST WEARING A RAGGED
>
> AND STAINED T-SHIRT TO PROTECT HIM FROM THE COLD EVENING CHILL.
>
> ODDLY ENOUGH, HE WAS HOLDING TWO FIFTY POUND NOTES IN HIS HAND.
>
> THINKING THAT HE HAD GOT LOST FROM HIS PARENTS, I ASKED HIM WHAT WAS
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> WRONG AND HE TOLD ME HIS SAD STORY.
>
>
>
> HE SAID THAT HE CAME FROM A LARGE FAMILY. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND
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> FOUR SISTERS. HIS FATHER HAD DIED WHEN HE WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD. HIS
>
> MOTHER WAS POORLY EDUCATED AND WORKED TWO FULL TIME JOBS TO MAKE
>
> ENDS MEET. NEVERTHELESS, SHE HAD MANAGED TO SCRIMP AND SAVE TWO
>
> HUNDRED POUNDS TO BUY HER CHILDREN CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
>
> THE YOUNG BOY HAD BEEN DROPPED OFF, BY HIS MOTHER, ON THE WAY
>
> TO HER SECOND JOB. HE WAS TO USE THE MONEY TO BUY PRESENTS FOR
>
> ALL HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND SAVE JUST ENOUGH TO TAKE THE BUS HOME.
>
> HE HAD NOT EVEN ENTERED THE SHOPPING CENTRE, WHEN AN OLDER BOY
>
> GRABBED TWO OF HIS FIFTY POUND NOTES AND DISAPPEARED INTO THE NIGHT.
>
>
>
> "WHY DIDN'T YOU SCREAM FOR HELP?" I ASKED. THE BOY SAID, "I DID."
>
> "AND NOBODY CAME TO HELP YOU?"
>
>
>
> THE BOY STARED AT THE GROUND AND SADLY SHOOK HIS HEAD. "HOW LOUD DID
>
> YOU SCREAM?" I ENQUIRED. THE SOFT-SPOKEN BOY LOOKED UP AND MEEKLY
>
> WHISPERED, "HELP ME!"
>
>
>
> I REALISED THAT ABSOLUTELY NO ONE COULD HAVE HEARD THAT POOR BOY CRY FOR
HELP
>
> SO I GRABBED HIS OTHER TWO FIFTY POUND NOTES AND F**KED OFF!
>
> MINUTE SHOPPING DONE. I WAS STRESSED OUT AND NOT THINKING VERY FONDLY OF
>
> THE CHRISTMAS SEASON COMING UP. IT WAS DARK, COLD, AND WET IN THE
>
> MULTI STORY CAR PARK AS I LOADED MY CAR UP WITH THE GIFTS I FELT
>
> OBLIGATED TO BUY. I NOTICED THAT I WAS MISSING THE SHOP RECEIPT WHICH
>
> I WOULD NEED TO GET OUT OF THE CAR PARK WITHOUT PAYING, SO MUMBLING UNDER
MY
>
> BREATH, I RETRACED MY STEPS TO THE SHOPPING CENTRE ENTRANCE.
>
> AS I WAS SEARCHING THE WET PAVEMENT FOR THE LOST RECEIPT, I HEARD A
>
> QUIET SOBBING.
>
>
>
> THE CRYING WAS COMING FROM A POORLY DRESSED BOY OF ABOUT 10 YEARS OLD
>
> HE WAS SHORT AND THIN. HE HAD NO COAT. HE WAS JUST WEARING A RAGGED
>
> AND STAINED T-SHIRT TO PROTECT HIM FROM THE COLD EVENING CHILL.
>
> ODDLY ENOUGH, HE WAS HOLDING TWO FIFTY POUND NOTES IN HIS HAND.
>
> THINKING THAT HE HAD GOT LOST FROM HIS PARENTS, I ASKED HIM WHAT WAS
>
> WRONG AND HE TOLD ME HIS SAD STORY.
>
>
>
> HE SAID THAT HE CAME FROM A LARGE FAMILY. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND
>
> FOUR SISTERS. HIS FATHER HAD DIED WHEN HE WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD. HIS
>
> MOTHER WAS POORLY EDUCATED AND WORKED TWO FULL TIME JOBS TO MAKE
>
> ENDS MEET. NEVERTHELESS, SHE HAD MANAGED TO SCRIMP AND SAVE TWO
>
> HUNDRED POUNDS TO BUY HER CHILDREN CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
>
> THE YOUNG BOY HAD BEEN DROPPED OFF, BY HIS MOTHER, ON THE WAY
>
> TO HER SECOND JOB. HE WAS TO USE THE MONEY TO BUY PRESENTS FOR
>
> ALL HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND SAVE JUST ENOUGH TO TAKE THE BUS HOME.
>
> HE HAD NOT EVEN ENTERED THE SHOPPING CENTRE, WHEN AN OLDER BOY
>
> GRABBED TWO OF HIS FIFTY POUND NOTES AND DISAPPEARED INTO THE NIGHT.
>
>
>
> "WHY DIDN'T YOU SCREAM FOR HELP?" I ASKED. THE BOY SAID, "I DID."
>
> "AND NOBODY CAME TO HELP YOU?"
>
>
>
> THE BOY STARED AT THE GROUND AND SADLY SHOOK HIS HEAD. "HOW LOUD DID
>
> YOU SCREAM?" I ENQUIRED. THE SOFT-SPOKEN BOY LOOKED UP AND MEEKLY
>
> WHISPERED, "HELP ME!"
>
>
>
> I REALISED THAT ABSOLUTELY NO ONE COULD HAVE HEARD THAT POOR BOY CRY FOR
HELP
>
> SO I GRABBED HIS OTHER TWO FIFTY POUND NOTES AND F**KED OFF!