Last week, I was shopping for groceries at the local store. The specialty of the store is free stands where customers are given samples of new products.
Being an ice-cream lover, I gravitated towards the free ice-cream stand and the clerk in-charge gave me a big smile saying "You are lucky! This is really popular and this is the last cone I have to give away!"
I was happy too, until I turned around to see a toddler craning her neck up to see my cone with one hand pulling her Mom's dress. Disappointment was written all over her face. Apparently, Mom had just explained the idea called 'no more' to her.
I knelt down, extended the cone and asked if she'd like to have it. Four faces lit up all at-once! And that tasted better than ice-cream :)
Being an ice-cream lover, I gravitated towards the free ice-cream stand and the clerk in-charge gave me a big smile saying "You are lucky! This is really popular and this is the last cone I have to give away!"
I was happy too, until I turned around to see a toddler craning her neck up to see my cone with one hand pulling her Mom's dress. Disappointment was written all over her face. Apparently, Mom had just explained the idea called 'no more' to her.
I knelt down, extended the cone and asked if she'd like to have it. Four faces lit up all at-once! And that tasted better than ice-cream :)
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- Posted by earthling
- Dec 4, 2007
- Comments (27)
Readers Comments
AURELIA wrote: That's really nice of you. I would love to see that little one eat that icecream cone~I bet she was beaming. You are great earthling. ~Aurelia
harry wrote: that's so kind of you. you are so human in nature understanding others
nini wrote: Nothing better than to see a beautiful smile on a childs face...
Lezah wrote: Children, oh the gorgeous smiles of children! You will be blessed!
sanserif wrote: Such a lovely gesture earthling! Nothing compares to the look of happiness on a child's face.
lmil1954 wrote: You are a blessing and you made the girl's day!
MisteMay wrote: This is what it is all about. I would say that is certainly being in the right place at the right time to display an act of kindness. Wow. Thank you.
speedi wrote: Wow! How sweet of you,, you made the day of three of other people...smiles make the world a much better place to live..
brighteyes wrote: Great story and RAOK! You made everyone's day including all of us reading your story...what a sweet- heart!
nadia wrote: Awesome. You really did great thing!
