Don't be Selfish..................

A couple by name John and Mary, had a nice home and two lovely children, a
boy and a girl. John had a good job and had just been asked to go on a
business trip to another city and would be gone for several days. It was
decided that Mary needed an outing and would go along too. They hired a
reliable woman to care for the children and made the trip, returning home a
little earlier than they had planned. As they drove into their home town
feeling glad to be back, they noticed smoke, and they went off their usual
route to see what it was. They found a home in flames. Mary said, "Oh well
it isn't our fire, let's go home." But John drove closer and exclaimed,
"That home belongs to Fred Jones who works at the plant. He wouldn't be off
work yet, maybe there is something we could do."  "It has nothing to do with
us." Protested Mary. "You have your good clothes on lets not get any
closer." But John drove up and stopped and they were both horror stricken to
see the whole house in flames. A woman on the lawn was in hysterics
screaming, "The children! Get the children!" John grabbed her by the
shoulder saying, "Get a hold of yourself and tell us where the children
are!" "In the basement," sobbed the woman, "down the hall and to the left." In
spite of Mary's protests John grabbed the water hose and soaked his clothes,
put his wet handkerchief on his head and bolted for the basement which was
full of smoke and scorching hot. He found the door and grabbed two children,
holding one under each arm like the football player he was. As he left he
could hear some more whimpering. He delivered the two badly frightened and
nearly suffocated children into waiting arms and filled his lungs with fresh
air and started back asking how many more children were down there. They
told him two more and Mary grabbed his arm and screamed, "John! Don't go
back! It's suicide! That house will cave in any second!" But he shook her
off and went back by feeling his way down the smoke filled hallway and into
the room. It seemed an eternity before he found both children and started
back. They were all three coughing and he stooped low to get what available
air he could. As he stumbled up the endless steps the thought went through
his mind that there was something strangely familiar about the little bodies
clinging to him, and at last when they came out into the sunlight and fresh
air, he found that he had just rescued his own children. The baby-sitter had
left them at this home while she did some shopping.

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