A Stranger Stuck in Mud

--by alberta_sunshine, posted Dec 3, 2009

On Friday, my boyfriend and I were driving on a busy road. I saw a man crouched over on the sidewalk on the side of the road.

I told him we should see if he was okay. My boyfriend worried, because it was sort of a bad end of town, but agreed we could stop and watch him for a minute. But honestly, he admitted he was afraid the man was just drunk.

We pulled over and watch and the stranger seemed to be reaching his hand up as if wanting someone to stop. That was enough for me and I was out of my vehicle and heading over there. My boyfriend came too.

When I got there, I saw this poor man was stuck in mud - wet, gooey mud. I reached him and asked if he was ok, but he just looked at me and reached his arm up. I took one side and my boyfriend the other and we lifted him up. He was a tiny Asian man who did not speak English. I was asking if he was okay and he kept pointing, but I didn't know what he meant. We got him out of the mud, though his hands and shoes were simply coated in mud. The stranger smiled and nodded and walked away.

We went back to our vehicle and waiting for a few minutes. A man came from a store nearby and offered his hand to the man but he shook his head and continued on after trying to clean his hands in the snow.

It wasn't much, but I felt very humbled to have helped him. I wish more people would help strangers.

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Posted by alberta_sunshine
Dec 3, 2009
Comments (9)

Readers Comments

kim smith wrote: Thank you for your kindness towards a stranger and a person in need. One doesn't get to see much of that nowadays.

harriet wrote: What a different world it would be if we all took a minute with a helping hand!

l s x wrote: Thank you for your shring,thank you for helping the asia man.

Zac wrote: That was a good story if i saw man in the mud i would of done the same thing.

LorelaiH07 wrote: This was an awesome story! It breaks my heart to wonder how long he would have been left to struggle had you not stopped to help him.

alberta_sunshine wrote: Thank you for your comment. I agree...and I wonder about the goodness in this world sometimes.

Ed1952 wrote: That was a touching story, Janet. Thank you fro sharing it.

dotrut2001 wrote: Thank you for affirming my belief that their are kind people in this world. Smiles and hugs to you!

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