Bread

[samsy john]

 

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> TRUE STORY
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> A woman baked bread for members of her family and an extra one for a hungry
> passerby. She kept the extra bread on the Window-sill, for whosoever would
> take it away. Everyday, a hunch-back came and took away the bread. Instead
> of expressing gratitude, he muttered the following words as he went his way:
> "The evil you do remains with you:
> The good you do, comes back to you!" This went on, day after day.
> Everyday, the hunch-back came, picked up the bread and uttered the
> words: "The evil you do, remains with you: The good you do, comes back to
> you!" The woman felt irritated. "Not a word of gratitude," she said to
> herself... "Everyday this hunch-back utters this jingle! What does he mean?
> "One day, out of desperation, she decided to do away with him. "I shall get
> rid of this hunch-back," she said. And what did she do? She added poison to
> the bread she prepared for him! As she was about to keep it on the window
> sill, her hands trembled. "What is this I am doing?" she said. Immediately
> she threw the bread into the fire, prepared another one and kept it on the
> window- sill. As usual, the hunch-back came, picked up the bread and
> muttered the words: "The evil you do, remains with you: The good you do,
> comes back to you!" The hunch-back proceeded on his way, blissfully unaware
> of the war raging in the mind of the woman. Everyday, as the woman placed
> the bread on the window-sill, she offered a prayer for her son who had gone
> to a distant place to seek his fortune. For many months, she had no news of
> him.. She prayed for his safe return. That evening, there was a knock on the
> door. As she opened it, she was surprised to find her son standing in the
> doorway. He had grown thin and lean. His garments were tattered and torn. He
> was hungry, starved and weak. As he saw his mother, he said, "Mom, it's a
> miracle I'm here. While I was but a mile away, I was so hungry that I
> collapsed. I would have died, but just then an old hunch-back passed by. I
> begged of him for a small part of his food, and he was kind enough to give
> me whole bread. "As he gave it to me, he said, "This is what I eat everyday:
> today, I shall give it to you, for your need is greater than mine!" "As the
> mother heard those words, her face turned pale and red. She leaned against
> the door for support. She remembered the poisoned bread that she had made
> that morning. Had she not burnt it in the fire, it would have been eaten by
> her own son, and he would have lost his life! It was then that she realized
> the significance of the words: "The evil you do remains with
> you: The good you do, comes back to you!" Do good and; Don't ever stop doing
> good, even if it's not appreciated at that time.
> If you like this, share it with others and I bet you, so many lives would be
> affected.
> Have a wonderful day.
> Remember, "God is what we need, to do the will of God!"
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