Theme: Charity
Antony's Kindness
There was a boy named Antony who loved to play football
with his friends. But he didn't have the ball.
Therefore, he could only play when the kids from his
street invited him.
He asked for a gift ball for his parents, but he still
hasn't received it.
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One day Antony remembered his piggy bank. His
godmother had given him a piggy bank
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with several coins inside and, for a long time,
all the money he earned from mom or grandma, he
kept there. |
When Antony thought maybe he could buy his ball, he got
all excited. Then, he ran, took the piggy bank, and
looked for his mother. With her help he counted the
money and realized he had a good amount.
At the end of the afternoon, they went to the mall and
Antony wanted to go straight to the toy store where he
bought a beautiful ball.
As he still had money, Antony also bought a toy with
parts to assemble.
Before leaving, Antony wanted to go to another store and
buy him a chocolate bar after dinner. He was very happy!
But when they were leaving the mall, a very dirty boy
appeared, with his clothes torn and with the face of
someone who was very hungry. The boy looked at them and
humbly asked if they had anything to help.
Antony, looking at the boy, imagined how many
difficulties he was going through and, affected by the
situation, felt like helping him. Therefore, he extended
his arm and handed the little bag with the chocolate to
the boy. The boy opened such a big smile when he saw the
candy, that he thanked him several times.
Antony felt so good for having made that boy smiled,
with such a suffering expression that he was touched by
it.
Then he took the package from his mother's hands and
handed it to the boy as well. It was the ball, his new
ball.
The boy was even more grateful. Antony smiled at him,
and the mother smiled at Antony.
It was not known who was happier at that moment: the boy
who received the gift, the boy who made such a beautiful
gesture or his mother who was moved by her son's
kindness.
But the story didn't end there.
When Antony and his mother arrived home, they found dad
who had just arrived from work with a big surprise for
his son: a beautiful soccer ball, even prettier than the
one Antony had given to the boy.
They told their father what had happened, and everyone
could hardly believe the coincidence of events. The
important thing is that they were very happy. Kindness
and charity made that day very special.
Adapted from the text by Sheila Jorge, of
website Contos de ninar.
Translation:
Larissa Martine - larissa_am@hotmail.com
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