Stories of Kindness from Around the World

A Little Girl With A Big Heart


--by Sydney, posted Mar 4, 2010

I heard a great story this morning about a young girl with a very big heart. A friend was telling me a story about her customer's daughter.
 
The daughter goes to an expensive private school where she has a friend, who is on a full scholarship at this school.  This friend has very limited means and her mother is an immigrant from China and her father is an alcholic.  Although the girl's mother works very hard, they can barely make ends meet.  This girl is very bright and gifted at music and that's how she got the scholarship from this school.  The stipend also includes an allowance for things like lunch, school uniform and music lessons. 
 
The daughter became friends with this girl and would secretly talk to her at lunch (secretly, in order to avoid the other kids teasing her).  On her birthday last month, she invited her new friend to her birthday party.  The girl said she couldn't come.  The daughter really wanted her to come and persisted in asking her.  Eventually the girl said, "I don't have any nice clothes that I could wear to your birthday party."  After a short pause, the girl remembered, "I have this top from my piano recital," and asked, "could I please borrow a skirt from you?" 

The daughter was happy that her friend would be able to come and went home to ask her Mum whether she could lend her friend one of her skirts.  To her surprise, her Mum said, "No."  The daughter was very upset by this and angrily said to her Mum, "If I could, I would give my friend all my clothes."  The Mother didn't understand why her daughter would have had such an outburt as she's normally very well behaved. 

Eventually, the daughter explained to her Mother about her friend's circumstances.  Her Mother immediately changed her mind and said, "Yes."  She also encouraged her daughter not to feel like she should secretly be friends with this girl and to feel proud of her friendship with her. 

It seems they are good friends now and hang out all the time.

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Readers Comments

warmth wrote: Thats nice, the daughter finally succeeded in helping the girl and her mom rightly advised her for her friendship wih the girl. Thank u for sharing this nice story.
Aurelia wrote: What a feel good story. Thanks for sharing it. What kind heart the daughter has. I think her new friend is a Forever Friend now. :0)
~Aurelia
cabbagepatch wrote: It is so wonderful to hear how children are learning to do acts of kindness.May all parents encourage their children to be aware of other children and their needs. Thanks for sharing this storu
Sanyogita wrote: A Heartfelt Story...Thanks for posting...
iferlamb wrote: great story! thank you. smiles...
FairyBubbles wrote: That is a lovely story - I am so pleased that everything ended so well.
Jacinda wrote: Thank you for sharing that awesome story!! Hope you have a wonderful day :) Love and smiles, Jacinda :)
arunchikkop wrote: Somethimes we learn so much from small childern.
smileamile wrote: This story has touched my heart. Thank you. :-)
Aimee Rook wrote: Great story. Very inspiring. Lets use the first paragraph to promote awareness about alcoholism. It implies her alcoholic father is unreliable and unemployed. Not all alcoholics are a liability. Many are sober and walk among us making a positive difference everyday. Many are not sober add yet remain valuable members of society.

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