Receiving a Call From My Step-Son's Lost Cell Phone

--by wayfarer, posted Jan 7, 2010

As I sat down to dinner yesterday the phone rang.

It was a child's voice on the other end that I didn't recognise. He explained that they had found the phone he was calling me on. They had looked up "Home" in the contacts file and so they were phoning the number that turned out to be me. From their description I recognised my step-son's phone. He'd left it at the football pitch where he'd been playing.

I asked them to wait a few minutes, put my dinner in the oven, and headed over to the location they had given me.

When I arrived I saw a group of five children, aged about 7-9 years old. They came running over to meet me and were just charming and well-spoken kids.

They told me how and where they'd found the phone. They also told me some bigger kids had tried to take it but they hadn't let them.

I just couldn't get over how nice and helpful they were. Because we were near a shop I asked if they would like a sweet for a reward? They looked surprised by the offer. I had a few pound coins in my pocket so I gave them one each. And each and every one of them said thank you. They were just so cute, I told them I had another three pounds in coins - not enough to give them one each, but maybe they could share. "Oh, no!" they insisted. "We've got enough. You keep those."

As I left I heard them excitedly chatting about what sweets they could buy.

I think I'd made their day and I knew they had made mine!

When I got back home there was a programme on the television talking about some horrific crimes children had committed. It painted a terrible picture of today's youngsters.

I changed the channel. When it came to kids these days - I knew better!

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Posted by wayfarer
Jan 7, 2010
Comments (15)

Readers Comments

aguitta wrote: The way you have told this wonderful story not only transmits the nice feelings of meeting nice kids and doing a good deed, but also, the true importance and value on educating and forming children in moral and community orientated values. I am a strong believer of a "return" of values, to a media contaminated social structure.

I love the story, first time reader.

Lokesh Verma wrote: Its very nice. Thank you to share such a nice happening. Kids are nice and definatly all credit goes to their parents.

Marsplant wrote: Nice story, nice puppy! It's truly a great story! I'm very happy to see such stories resurfacing again, which are now disappearing in China! May the nice things come back in our culture! Thank you, Author! You've brought me a hope for our society

iferlamb wrote: Good people are everywhere in all shapes sixes ages and colors! What a great story! Thanks for sharing!

Smiles.

Lady wrote: Great to read that there are still nice and honest kids out there. Inspiring.

Vijaya Kumar Kantheti wrote: Children are the living gods, they always give best to the society if we provide proper opportunity, they are our future

bummiggity wrote: It was really nice of you to reward the kids with coins, for which they could buy chocolates with! Being a kid, there's nothing sweeter than a nice lady giving money for chocolates. :) great job!

Jacinda wrote: Wayfarer what an absolutely wonderful story! Thank you so much for sharing! I'm so very pleased that the phone safely found it's way back to you :) i hope you have a wonderful day! Best wishes for the coming year. Love & smiles, jacinda :)

S.K.HALDAR wrote: It is a beutiful story of the purity of the soul those childerns are having.

Deepak chopra in his book "life after death" has said 'no soul contain evil,soul can't be inherently evil.

Underlying all human actions are the search for love and when people are driven to the evil action,the root cause is lack of love"
Wayfarer could also see thru media that some other kids are commiting horrified crimes. It is the lack of love these childrens have experienced at their early age,may be because of their no fault,but the circumstances,society & association where they are growing up.

Echart tolle has told "it is not iam trying to do good,but let me find out the goodness within me and allow to emerge and flow. " is the requirment of every humanbeing
To see their own child and other childrens are growing with love and compassion without having any evil touch in their soul.

Bijesh.K.V wrote: Hello wayfarer, great to read this. Something similar happened to me last month. I went to a restaurent and forgot my handphone and reached back home. After sometime my dad received a call from my number and it was the restaurent staff who said he saw the phone and searched in contacts to see this number which said it was of dad. We both rushed back to the place and got our phone back. Also told them that if it was not for them, i would have lost my phone and all the data and pictures inside. They just took our thankyou as reward and nothing else. That was the fourth time i misplaced my phone and the first time ever to get it back. It made my day and yes, i am sure good deeds spread like wildfire. They started it and i am continuing it. Cheers,bijesh

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