A Bus Ride, a Lost Hat, and a Happy Ending

--by cf, posted Feb 27, 2013

Some days ago, I decided to leave my bike at home and take the bus instead. It was cold outside. I put on my only warm cap and my gloves, glad of their protection. I was glad I'd managed to quit my habit of losing gloves and caps as I couldn't easily afford new ones.

On the bus, I pulled the cap off, it being warm inside. When I got to my stop, I jumped up and got off the bus. As I crossed the street, I realized something was missing: My only cap!

In the middle of the street, I turned around, ran to the doors of the bus, pushing the button to open them, but to no avail. The bus pulled away from the stop. I kissed my cap goodbye.

Just then, the bus stopped a short distance away because of a red light. While I sadly looked on (drivers aren't allowed to open the doors after having pulled away from a stop), the doors opened. A man peeked out and looked around. Seeing me, he waved something: It was my cap.

I barely had time to grab it and say thank you before the doors closed again. I wasn't nearly as happy to have my cap back as I was to be proven wrong in the assumption that people on public transport are indifferent.

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Posted by cf
Feb 27, 2013
Comments (8)

Readers Comments

BELLO wrote: I love this story; i will be using it on my radio show.

MakeSomeoneSmile wrote: That was very nice and I'm glad you got your cap back! :)

princessliz wrote: Oh kool! You got your cap back :) Sometimes we need a little reminder that humanity isn't 'that' bad ya know.

jsmc10 wrote: That's brilliant :) thank you for sharing :)

starryskies wrote: Great story! That was kind of him. :)

FairyBubbles wrote: That's really nice - and it's so true, there are loads of lovely people around.

Bluebell wrote: There are lovely souls out there waiting to be found :-) Love and Light and Endless Blessings, Bluebell

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