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#1 Gone

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Posted 18 September 2008 - 05:36 PM

One day a man saw a old lady, stranded on the side of the road, but even in the dim light of day, he could see she needed help. So he pulled up in front of her Mercedes and got out. His Pontiac was still sputtering when he approached her.


Even with the smile on his face, she was worried. No one had stopped to help for the last hour or so. Was he going to hurt her? He didn't look safe; he looked poor and hungry.

He could see that she was frightened, standing out there in the cold. He knew how she felt. It was that chill which only fear can put in you.

He said, "I'm here to help you, ma'am. Why don't you wait in the car where it's warm? By the way, my name is Bryan Anderson."

Well, all she had was a flat tire, but for an old lady, that was bad enough. Bryan crawled under the car looking for a place to put the jack, skinning his knuckles a time or two. Soon he was able to change the tire. But he had to get dirty and his hands hurt.

As he was tightening up the lug nuts, she rolled down the window and began to talk to him. She told him that she was from St. Louis and was only just passing through. She couldn't thank him enough for coming to her aid.

Bryan just smiled as he closed her trunk. The lady asked how much she owed him. Any amount would have been all right with her. She already imagined all the awful things that could have happened had he not stopped. Bryan never thought twice about being paid. This was not a job to him. This was helping someone in need, and God knows there were plenty, who had given him a hand in the past. He had lived his whole life that way, and it never occurred to him to act any other way.

He told her that if she really wanted to pay him back, the next time she saw someone who needed help, she could give that person the as sistance they needed, and Bryan added, "And think of me."

He waited until she started her car and drove off. It had been a cold and depressing day, but he felt good as he headed for home, disappearing into the twilight.

A few miles down the road the lady saw a small cafe. She went in to grab a bite to eat, and take the chill off before she made the last leg of her trip home. It was a dingy looking restaurant. Outside were two old gas pumps. The whole scene was unfamiliar to her. The waitress came over and brought a clean towel to wipe her wet hair. She had a sweet smile, one that even being on her feet for the whole day couldn't erase. The lady noticed the waitress was nearly eight months pregnant, but she never let the strain and aches change her attitude. The old lady wondered how someone who had so little could be so giving to a stranger. Then she remembered Bryan .

After the lady finished her meal, she paid with a hundred dollar bill. The waitress quickl y went to get change for her hundred dollar bill, but the old lady had slipped right out the door. She was gone by the time the waitress came back. The waitress wondered where the lady could be. Then she noticed something written on the napkin.

There were tears in her eyes when she read what the lady wrote: "You don't owe me anything. I have been there too. Somebody once helped me out, the way I'm helping you. If you really want to pay me back, here is what you do: Do not let this chain of love end with you."

Under the napkin were four more $100 bills.

Well, there were tables to clear, sugar bowls to fill, and people to serve, but the waitress made it through another day. That night when she got home from work and climbed into bed, she was thinking about the money and what the lady had written. How could the lady have known how much she and her husband needed it? With the baby due next month, it was going to be hard....

She knew how worried her husband was, and as he lay sleeping next to her, she gave him a soft kiss and whispered soft and low, "Everything' s going to be all right. I love you, Bryan Anderson."




Edited by Meirsa, 18 September 2008 - 05:37 PM.


#2 Waser Lave

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Posted 18 September 2008 - 05:37 PM

TL;DR

#3 Chew

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Posted 18 September 2008 - 05:50 PM

pay it forward smile.gif

damn thats the second time I have thought about that movie now. You all want me to cry dont you.

#4 sonic

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Posted 18 September 2008 - 06:29 PM

QUOTE (Chew @ Sep 18 2008, 05:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
pay it forward smile.gif

damn thats the second time I have thought about that movie now. You all want me to cry dont you.


Your are a female.

#5 Sida

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Posted 18 September 2008 - 06:33 PM

QUOTE (Kitsune @ Sep 19 2008, 02:49 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
That's quite sweet, if a little predictable tongue.gif

TL;DR version:

Old woman with flat tyre on side of road in rain. Guy stops and makes her feel at ease and fixes tyre. She offers to pay him, he says he didn't help for money but she could repay him by doing something nice for someone in need.

Old woman then goes into a shop where a woman, despite being heavily pregnant and clearly had been working long hours smiled and gave old woman a towel for her wet hair.

Old woman leaves shop with $500 left behind saying she was doing something nice for someone like had been done to her.

Pregnant lady goes home to her husband who happens to be the guy who helped the old woman with her tyre.


That was easier.

#6 Staple

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Posted 18 September 2008 - 06:35 PM

Thats really nice, long, but nice!

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#7 hungryhippo

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Posted 19 September 2008 - 06:24 AM

aww that's a cute story smile.gif thanks for sharing

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Posted 19 September 2008 - 06:28 AM

QUOTE (sonic/vegas's daddy @ Sep 18 2008, 11:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Your are a female.

You cried watching a chick flick didn't you? tongue.gif

Nice story as well.

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Posted 19 September 2008 - 06:46 AM

QUOTE (pyke @ Sep 19 2008, 09:28 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
You cried watching a chick flick didn't you? tongue.gif

Nice story as well.

it makes me sad when i watch that movie. I am not ashamed to admit it, but yes I will get a little wet in the eyes when I watch it.

#10 sonic

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Posted 19 September 2008 - 10:10 AM

QUOTE (pyke @ Sep 19 2008, 07:28 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
You cried watching a chick flick didn't you? tongue.gif

Nice story as well.


Pyke.
I posted that while intoxicated.
And did not have a chance to retort cause you homo's banned me on accident.


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