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A Simple Gesture
Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed
the boy ahead of him had tripped and dropped all of the books he was
carrying along with two sweaters, a baseball bat, a glove, and a small tape
recorder. Mark knelt down and helped the boy pick up the scattered articles.
Since they were going the same way, he helped to carry the burden. As they
walked Mark discovered the boy's name was Bill, that he loved video games ,
baseball, and history, that he was having alot of trouble with his other subjects
and that he had just broken up with his girlfriend.
They arrived at Bill's home first and Mark was invited in
for a Coke and to watch some t.v. The afternoon passed pleasantly with a few
laughs and some shared small talk, then Mark went home. They continued
to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, then both
graduated from high school. They ended up at the same High school where
they had brief contacts over the years. Finally the long awaited senior year
came, and three weeks before graduation, Bill asked Mark if they could talk.
Bill reminded him of the day years ago when they had first
met. "Do you ever wonder why I was carrying so many things from school that
day?" asked Bill. "You see, I cleaned out my locker because I didn't want to
leave a mess for anyone else. I had stored away some of my mother's pills and I was going
home to commit suicide. But after we spent some time together I realized
that if I had, I would have missed that time and so many others that
might follow. So you see, Mark,when you picked up my books for me that day,
you did alot more. You saved my life."
 
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