30/10/2024
"Oh, geez. I must have lost my wallet. I'm so sorry. I'll have to come back for these things later," Mary said to the cashier, who started picking up the items and putting them back. Meanwhile, Mary closed her purse, prepared to walk away, when the boy behind her in line spoke up.
"Wait, ma'am. You don't have many things anyway. I'll pay for them," he said. He couldn't have been older than 12, and Mary noticed that he didn't look particularly well-off.
"Oh, no. I couldn't put you out like that," Mary countered.
"I insist, ma'am. Sometimes, we have to do good things, and karma will reward us later, right? That's what my grandmother says all the time," the boy said, paying for everything that Mary had picked out. Luckily, it was only a few essentials.
A few days later, the boy heard a knock at the door.👇
