Kind Acts Are Also Valuable

梁福元

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A boy was at a market with his sister. The sister was standing in front of a toy shop. She was looking at something inside the shops window.

The boy asked， “What are you looking at？” The sister pointed at the doll. The boy told her that he would buy the doll for her. The sister was very happy.

Then the boy asked the shopkeeper ， “How much does this doll cost？”

The shopkeeper looked at the boy and said， “Well， what can you pay？”

The boy took out all the seashells that he had collected from the beach and gave them to the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper took the shells and started counting as if he were counting coins. Then he turned to the boy. The boy asked him， “Is it enough？”

The shopkeeper said， “No， its plenty. In fact， its more than enough.” He kept four of the seashells and gave the rest back to the boy.

The boy happily put the shells back in his pocket and left with his sister and her new doll. The shopkeepers assistant was surprised. He asked the shopkeeper， “Why did you do that？ That doll cost a lot of money. And it certainly costs more than four seashells.”

The shopkeeper replied， “To us， these are just seashells. But to that boy， theyre very precious. When he grows up， hell remember that he once bought a doll for his sister with seashells. It might remind him that the world has generous（慷慨的） and kind people in it. And perhaps， he too will be generous and kind to others.”